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Isaiah 57:19

Isaiah 57:19

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

I create the fruit of the lips; literally, creating the fruit of the lips. The clause is best attached to the preceding verse. By his tender treatment of the wanderers, God brings forth fruit from their lips in the shape of praise and thanksgiving.

Peace, peace; or, perfect peace, as in . Judah's prophets were apt to say to her, "Peace, peace," when there was no peace (; ; ). Isaiah is now commissioned to give the promise from the mouth of God (comp.

; , ). To him that is far off, and to him that is near; i.e. either "to both the Gentiles and the Jews," or "to both the scattered members of the Jewish body" (; , ) "and the collected nation in Canaan."

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