Isaiah 57:15

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Summary

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

The high

That inhabiteth

With

To revive the spirit

General references

Bible References

The high

In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord seated in his place, high and lifted up, and the Temple was full of the wide skirts of his robe.

For you, Lord, are most high over the earth; you are lifted up over all other gods.

Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

This order is fixed by the watchers, and the decision is by the word of the holy ones: so that the living may be certain that the Most High is ruler over the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure, lifting up over it the lowest of men.

That inhabiteth

Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.

And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.

The God of your fathers is your safe resting-place, and under you are his eternal arms: driving out the forces of your haters from before you, he said, Let destruction overtake them.

The seat of your power has been from the past; you are eternal.

From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.

But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and an eternal king: when he is angry, the earth is shaking with fear, and the nations give way before his wrath.

And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days.

For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:

Now to the King eternal, ever-living, unseen, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. So be it.

How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?

With

The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?

And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.

The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.

The offerings of God are a broken spirit; a broken and sorrowing heart, O God, you will not put from you.

Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

The Lord said to him, Go through the town, through the middle of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the brows of the men who are sorrowing and crying for all the disgusting things which are done in it.

So that, at the memory of these things, you may be at a loss, never opening your mouth because of your shame; when you have my forgiveness for all you have done, says the Lord.

Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.

And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.

To revive the spirit

The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;

He makes the broken-hearted well, and puts oil on their wounds.

Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.

Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.

But God who gives comfort to the poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus;

General references

The Lord is King for ever and ever.

From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;

Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees.

And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the evil spirit has gone out of your daughter.

I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.