I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
I create the fruit of the lips - i:e., thanksgivings, which flow from the lips. I make men to return thanks to me (Hosea 14:2; Hebrews 13:15).
Peace, peace - `perfect peace (see margin, Isaiah 26:3; John 14:27). Primarily, the cessation of the troubles now acting the Jews, as formerly, under the Babylonian exile. More generally, the peace which the Gospel proclaims both to Israel "that is near," and to the Gentiles who are "far off" (Acts 2:39; Ephesians 2:17).