Isaiah 57:12

I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
declare	אַגִּ֖יד 'a.Gid	H5046	properly · verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular
righteousness	צִדְקָתֵ֑ךְ tzid.ka.Tekh	H6666	rightness (abstractly) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
works	מַעֲשַׂ֖יִךְ ma.'a.Sa.yikh	H4639	an action (good or bad) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
profit	יוֹעִילֽוּךְ yo.'i.Lukh	H3276	properly · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

Isaiah 1:11-15 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed be…
Jeremiah 7:4-11 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
Micah 3:2-4 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Matthew 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neit…
Romans 3:10-20 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Isaiah 29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knowe…
Isaiah 58:2-6 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they as…
Isaiah 59:6-8 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act o…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:3-12

We have here a high charge, but a just one no doubt, drawn up against that wicked generation out of which God's righteous ones were removed, because the world was not worthy of them. Observe, I. The general character here given of them, or the name and title by which they stand indicted, Isa 57:3. They are told to draw near and hear the charge, are set to the bar, and arraigned there as sons of the sorceress, or of a witch, the seed of an adulterer and a whore, that is, they were such themselves, they were strongly inclined to be such, and their ancestors were such before them. Sin is sorcery and adultery, for it is departing from God and dealing with the devil. They were children of disobed…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 57:12

declare--I will expose publicly thy (hypocritical) righteousness. I will show openly how vain thy works, in having recourse to idols, or foreign alliances, shall prove (Isa 57:3).

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 57:12

Thy righteousness "My righteousness" - For צדקתך tsidkathech, Thy righteousness, the Syriac, Septuagint, MSS. Alex. and Pachom., and 1. D. II., and Marchal. and οἱ Γ, and the Arabics read צדקי tsidki, My righteousness.

John Gill on Isaiah 57:12

I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works,.... For, notwithstanding all the idolatry, superstition, irreligion, and cruelty of the church of Rome, she makes large pretences to righteousness, by which she expects to be justified, and to merit eternal life, and even pretends to works of supererogation; but God will in due time make it clearly appear, both by the ministry of his faithful servants, which he has done in part already; and by his judgments that he will execute, that she has no righteousness; that what she calls so is no righteousness, but wickedness; and that her works she calls good works are bad ones, superstitious, idolatrous, and tyrannical: for they shall not profit the…

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The Church Fathers

(Verse 12.) I will proclaim your righteousness, and your deeds will not benefit you. When you cry out, let your congregations deliver you. LXX: I will proclaim your righteousness and your evils, which will not benefit you. When you cry out, let them snatch you out of your tribulation. I have always remained silent and as if I did not see your sins, I have ignored them, but I will no longer remain silent, but rather speak what I have already said: Have I always been silent? And I will proclaim your righteousness, and your deeds. It is to be read as irony, as if someone caught in wrongdoing were to say: 'Look at your good deeds.' Therefore, if a time of trouble comes upon you and you begin to reach out not to the idols you worshiped, but to heaven and implore the help of God, may they hear you and deliver you from the danger you embraced without concern. This is also spoken by God through Jeremiah: 'Where are your gods, the ones you made? Let them rise up and save you in your time of trouble' (Jeremiah 2:28). On account of the fact that the seventy translated it as 'May they deliver you in your tribulation,' and we have said, 'May your congregations deliver you,' Symmachus translated it as 'May your synagogues deliver you.' Therefore, it speaks specifically to the Jews, that the multitude of their synagogues is not able to deliver them in the time of siege.
— Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah

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Dictionary and topics

Self-Righteousness · Is vain because our righteousness is: Unprofitable — Is vain because our righteousness is: Unprofitable
Vanity · Man’ s own righteousness is — Man’ s own righteousness is

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 57:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:3-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 57:12

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 57:12

John Gill on Isaiah 57:12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 57:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:3-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 57:12

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 57:12

John Gill on Isaiah 57:12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 57:12

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 57:12-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 57:12

Rashi on Isaiah 57:12