Isaiah 57:13 “When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the win…”

Isaiah 57:13

When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;

World English Bible

When you cry, let those whom you have gathered deliver you, but the wind will take them. A breath will carry them all away, but he who takes refuge in me will possess the land, and will inherit my holy mountain.”

American Standard Version

When thou criest, let them that thou hast gathered deliver thee; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he that taketh refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.

Geneva Bible 1599

When thou cryest, let them that thou hast gathered together deliuer thee: but the winde shall take them all away: vanitie shall pull them away: but he that trusteth in me, shall inherite the lande, and shall possesse mine holy Mountaine.

Darby Translation

When thou criest, let them that are gathered by thee deliver thee! But a wind shall carry them all away, a breath shall take them; but he that putteth his trust in me shall inherit the land, and possess my holy mountain.

Young's Literal Translation

When thou criest, let thy gatherings deliver thee, And all of them carry away doth wind, Take away doth vanity, And whoso is trusting in Me inheriteth the land, And doth possess My holy mountain.

Bible in Basic English

Your false gods will not keep you safe in answer to your cry; but the wind will take them, they will be gone like a breath: but he who puts his hope in me will take the land, and will have my holy mountain as his heritage.

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Cross references

“let”

Judges 10:14 Zechariah 7:13 2 Kings 3:13 Jeremiah 22:22 Isaiah 57:9 Isaiah 57:10

Judges 10:14 · BSB

Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”

Zechariah 7:13 · BSB

And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.

2 Kings 3:13 · BSB

Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three…

Jeremiah 22:22 · BSB

The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.

Isaiah 57:9 · BSB

You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.

Isaiah 57:10 · BSB

You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.

“but the”

Isaiah 40:24 Isaiah 41:16 Job 21:18 Psalm 1:4 Psalm 58:9 Hosea 13:3

Isaiah 40:24 · BSB

No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.

Isaiah 41:16 · BSB

You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Job 21:18 · BSB

Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?

Psalm 1:4 · BSB

Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

Psalm 58:9 · BSB

Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.

Hosea 13:3 · BSB

Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.

“but he”

Psalm 37:9 Psalm 37:3 Psalm 125:1 Psalm 84:12 Proverbs 28:25 Isaiah 26:3

Psalm 37:9 · BSB

For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

Psalm 37:3 · BSB

Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Psalm 125:1 · BSB

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

Psalm 84:12 · BSB

O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!

Proverbs 28:25 · BSB

A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

Isaiah 26:3 · BSB

You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.

“my holy”

Isaiah 56:7 Isaiah 65:25 Isaiah 11:9 Isaiah 66:20 Ezekiel 20:40 Joel 3:17

Isaiah 56:7 · BSB

I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

Isaiah 65:25 · BSB

The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.

Isaiah 11:9 · BSB

They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.

Isaiah 66:20 · BSB

And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an off…

Ezekiel 20:40 · BSB

For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gi…

Joel 3:17 · BSB

Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.

Also

Isaiah 65:9 Isaiah 65:11 Jeremiah 22:20

Isaiah 65:9 · BSB

And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and heirs from Judah; My elect will possess My mountains, and My servants will dwell there.

Isaiah 65:11 · BSB

But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,

Jeremiah 22:20 · BSB

Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.

14And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”

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