But there is hope for whoever is joined with all the living, since a live dog is better than a dead lion.
Isaiah 57:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I have seen his [willful] ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him also and will recompense him and restore comfort to him and to those who mourn for him. [Isa. 61:1, 2; 66:10.] American Standard Version (1901) I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. Common English Bible I have seen their ways, but I will heal them. I will guide them, and reward them with comfort. And for those who mourn, Catholic Public Domain Version I saw his ways, and I healed him, and I led him back again, and I restored consolations to him and to those who mourn for him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I saw his ways, and I healed him and brought him back, and restored comforts to him and to them that mourn for him. |
But there is hope for whoever is joined with all the living, since a live dog is better than a dead lion.
‘Come, let’s settle this,’ says the Lord. ‘Though your sins are scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are crimson red, they will be like wool.
On that day you will say: ‘I will give thanks to you, Lord, although you were angry with me. Your anger has turned away, and you have comforted me.
The Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing. Then they will turn to the Lord, and he will be receptive to their prayers and heal them.
Therefore the Lord is waiting to show you mercy, and is rising up to show you compassion, for the Lord is a just God. All who wait patiently for him are happy.
The moonlight will be as bright as the sunlight, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter #– #like the light of seven days #– #on the day that the Lord bandages his people’s injuries and heals the wounds he inflicted.
They will not hunger or thirst, the scorching heat or sun will not strike them; for their compassionate one will guide them, and lead them to springs.
I #– #I am the one who comforts you. Who are you that you should fear humans who die, or a son of man who is given up like grass?
For you will not leave in a hurry, and you will not have to take flight; because the Lord is going before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.
But he was pierced because of our rebellion, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on him, and we are healed by his wounds.
For the High and Exalted One, who lives for ever, whose name is holy, says this: ‘I live in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the oppressed.
The Lord will always lead you, satisfy you in a parched land, and strengthen your bones. You will be like a watered garden and like a spring whose water never runs dry.
But if you will not listen, my innermost being will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, for the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
Return, you faithless children. I will heal your unfaithfulness. ‘Here we are, coming to you, for you are the Lord our God.
But I will bring you health and will heal you of your wounds – this is the Lord’s declaration – for they call you Outcast, Zion whom no one cares about.
the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you.
Yet I will certainly bring health and healing to it and will indeed heal them. I will let them experience the abundance of true peace.
The Lord replied with kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.
So he got up and went to his father. But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran, threw his arms round his neck, and kissed him.
The law came along to multiply the trespass. But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more,
For the Lamb who is at the centre of the throne will shepherd them; he will guide them to springs of the waters of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.