Isaiah 57 · Verse 18

Isaiah 57:18

I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
Isaiah 57:18, King James Version

Isaiah 57:18 in other translations

BSBI have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
WEBI have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
ASVI have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
YLTHis ways I have seen, and I heal him, yea, I lead him, And recompense comforts to him and to his mourning ones.
DARBYI have seen his ways, and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts unto him and to those of his that mourn.
BBEI have seen his ways, and I will make him well: I will give him rest, comforting him and his people who are sad.
WebsterI have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

What does Isaiah 57:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. Rather, "I have seen his ways (in sin), yet will I heal him," that is, restore Israel spiritually and temporally (Jr 33:6; 3:22; Ho 14:4, 5) [Horsley]. I will ... restore comforts unto him and to his mourners--However, the phrase, "his mourners," favors English Version; "his ways" will thus be his ways of repentance; and God's pardon on "seeing" them answers to the like promise (Is 61:2, 3; Jr 31:18, 20).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 I have seen his ways - Probably these verses refer to the restoration of the Jews from captivity.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 57:13-21

The idols and their worshippers shall come to nothing; but those who trust in God's grace, shall be brought to the joys of heaven. With the Lord there is neither beginning of days, nor end of life, nor change of time. His name is holy, and all must know him as a holy God. He will have tender regard to those who bring their mind to their condition, and dread his wrath. He will make his abode with those whose hearts…

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Isaiah 57:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

דְּרָכָ֥יוde.ra.Khavways hisH1870
רָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiI have seenH7200
וְאֶרְפָּאֵ֑הוּve.'er.pa.'E.huand I will heal himH7495
וְאַנְחֵ֕הוּve.'an.Che.huand I will lead himH5148
וַאֲשַׁלֵּ֧םva.'a.sha.Lemand I may restoreH7999
נִֽחֻמִ֛יםni.chu.Mimcomfort<s>H5150
ל֖וֹloto him
וְלַאֲבֵלָֽיו\׃ve.la.'a.ve.Lavand to mourners hisH57

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Cross references for Isaiah 57:18

  • Jeremiah 33:6

    Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

  • Revelation 7:17

    For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

  • Jeremiah 3:22

    Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.

  • Hosea 14:4-8

    I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. …

  • Jeremiah 31:3

    The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

  • Jeremiah 31:18-20

    I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

  • Isaiah 61:1-3

    The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

  • Jeremiah 13:17

    But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock is carried away captive.

  • Ezekiel 16:60-63

    Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.

  • Isaiah 49:10

    They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

  • Isaiah 66:10-13

    Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

  • Isaiah 12:1

    And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
have.
1:18; 43:24,25; 48:8-11; Jer 31:18-20; Eze 16:60-63; 36:22-38
Lu 15:20; Ro 5:20
will heal.
Jer 3:22; 31:3; 33:6; Ho 14:4-8
will lead.
49:10; Ps 23:2; Re 7:17
restore.
15; 12:1; 61:2,3; 66:10-13; Ps 51:12
to his.
Jer 13:17; Ec 9:4

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Context

  • Isaiah 57:17

    For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

  • Isaiah 57:18

    I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

  • Isaiah 57:19

    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.

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Isaiah 57:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Visto he sus caminos, y le sanaré, y le pastorearé, y daréle consolaciones, á él y á sus enlutados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
J’ai vu ses voies, et je le guérirai, et je le conduirai, et je lui rendrai la consolation, à lui et aux siens qui mènent deuil.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Seine Wege habe ich gesehen und werde es heilen; und ich werde es leiten, und Tröstungen erstatten ihm und seinen Trauernden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Vias ejus vidi, et sanavi eum; et reduxi eum, et reddidi consolationes ipsi, et lugentibus ejus.