Isaiah 57:14

And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
say	וְאָמַ֥ר ve.'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
up	סֹֽלּוּ so.lu-	H5549	to mound up (especially a turnpike) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
up	סֹ֖לּוּ So.lu	H5549	to mound up (especially a turnpike) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
prepare	פַּנּוּ pa.nu-	H6437	to turn · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
way	דָ֑רֶךְ Da.rekh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
up	הָרִ֥ימוּ ha.Ri.mu	H7311	to be high actively · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
stumblingblock	מִכְשׁ֖וֹל mikh.Shol	H4383	a stumbling-block · noun, common masculine singular absolute
way	מִדֶּ֥רֶךְ mi.De.rekh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
people	עַמִּֽי 'a.Mi	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Isaiah 62:10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard…
Luke 3:5-6 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways s…
Isaiah 35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be fo…
Isaiah 40:3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Jeremiah 18:15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient…
Romans 14:13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his broth…
1 Corinthians 8:13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Hebrews 12:13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:13-16

Here, I. God shows how insufficient idols and creatures were to relieve and succour those that worshipped them and confided in them (Isa 57:13): "When thou criest in thy distress and anguish, lamentest thy misery and callest for help, let thy companies deliver thee, thy idol-gods which thou hast heaped to thyself companies of, the troops of the confederate forces which thou hast relied so much upon, let them deliver thee if they can; expect no other relief than what they can give." Thus God said to Israel, when in their trouble they called upon him (Jdg 10:14), Go, and cry to the gods which you have chosen, let them deliver you. But in vain is salvation hoped for from them: The wind shall ca…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 57:14

shall say--The nominative is, "He that trusteth in Me" (Isa 57:13). The believing remnant shall have every obstacle to their return cleared out of the way, at the coming restoration of Israel, the antitype to the return from Babylon (Isa 35:8; Isa 40:3-4; Isa 62:10-11). Cast . . . up--a high road before the returning Jews. stumbling-block--Jesus had been so to the Jews, but will not be so then any longer (Co1 1:23); their prejudices shall then be taken out of the way.

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 57:14

And shall say "Then will I say" - ואמר vaomer, to be pointed as the first person future. They are the words of God, as it is plain from the conclusion of the verse; my people, עמי ammi.

John Gill on Isaiah 57:14

And shall say, cast ye up, cast ye up,.... A causeway, a highway, for the people of the Jews to return to their own land: this is either said by the Lord, as some supply it; or by the prophet, as Jarchi; or by him that putteth his trust in the Lord, as Kimchi; or rather by one, that is, the first of the living creatures, a set of Gospel ministers, that shall give to the angels, the Protestant princes and potentates, the seven last vials to pour out on the antichristian states, both Papal and Mahometan, and shall stir them up to do it; or the voice out of the temple, that shall order them to do their work; by which means way will be made for the return of the said people, Revelation 15:7, pr…

The Church Fathers

"And it shall be said, 'Remove every obstruction from my people's way.' " Probably he said these words with regard to the Jewish Zealots, who killed their fellow citizens, because they had lapsed into idolatry and had been an obstacle for their fellows in the days of the Greeks.
— Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 57:14

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Dictionary and topics

Isaiah, Book Of — I. Chapters 1-5 contain Isaiah’s prophecies in the reigns of Uzziah and Jotham, foretelling that the present prosperity of Judah should be destroyed, and that Israel should be brought to desolation.…
Offence · Ministers should: Remove that which causes — Ministers should: Remove that which causes
Stumbling · .R. V.) — .R. V.)

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 57:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:13-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 57:14

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 57:14

John Gill on Isaiah 57:14

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 57:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:13-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 57:14

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 57:14

John Gill on Isaiah 57:14

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 57:14

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 57:14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 57:14-21

Rashi on Isaiah 57:14