Isaiah 57:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The iniquity

I hid

Isaiah 8:17

Isaiah 45:15

And he

In the

Ecclesiastes 6:9

General references

Job 39:17

Bible References

The iniquity

Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, till there is no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

Yea, the dogs are greedy; they can never have enough. And these are shepherds who cannot understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

For from the least of them even to the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness. And from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

Therefore I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

And they come to thee as the people come, and they sit before thee as my people. And they hear thy words, but do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

And they covet fields, and seize them, and houses, and take them away. And they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

And he said to them, Watch, and keep away from greed, because to any man, life to him is not in the abundance of things possessed by him.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or greed, shall not even be named among you as befits the sanctified,

Put to death therefore your body-parts on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

But those who want to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, which sink men in destruction and ruin.

And they will exploit you in greed with fabricated words, whose judgment is not idle for long, and their destruction will not slumber.

I hid

And I will wait for LORD, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will {be a man who has trusted (LXX/NT)} in him.

Verily thou are a God who hides thyself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

And he

Yet the people have not turned to him who smote them, nor have they sought LORD of hosts.

In vain I have smitten your sons. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.

O LORD, do not thine eyes look upon truth? Thou have stricken them, but they were not grieved. Thou have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused t

And when he spent all, a mighty famine developed in that country, and he began to be in want.

In the

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

General references

because God has deprived her of wisdom, nor has he imparted understanding to her.