Isaiah 57:13

"I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they will not benefit you."

Key Reflection

This verse highlights that true righteousness comes from God's declaration, not from one’s own actions. Despite our efforts, our deeds cannot earn or sustain such righteousness; only God's grace can provide it.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

When thou criest -That is, when you are in trouble, and feel your need of help. Let thy companies deliver thee -The word used here (קבוּץqibûts) means, properly, “a gathering; a throng; a collection.” Here it refers either to the throngs of the idols which they had collected. and on which they relied; or to the collection of foreigners which they had summoned to their assistance. The idea is, that if people trust to other objects for aid than the arm of God, they will be left in the day of trial to such assistance as they can render them. But the wind shall carry -They shall be like the protection which the wind sweeps away. The Saviour expresses a similar sentiment inMatthew 7:26-27.

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