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Isaiah 57:13

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57:13When you cry out for help, let your idols36 help you!

The wind blows them all away,37

a breeze carries them away.38

But the one who looks to me for help39 will inherit the land

and will have access to40 my holy mountain.”

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Footnotes

  1. 36 The Hebrew text has קִבּוּצַיִךְ (qibbutsayikh, “your gatherings”), an otherwise unattested noun from the verbal root קָבַץ (qavats, “gather”). Perhaps this alludes to their religious assemblies and by metonymy to their rituals. Since idolatry is a prominent theme in the context, some understand this as a reference to a collection of idols. The second half of the verse also favors this view.
  2. 37 Heb “all of them a wind lifts up.”
  3. 38 Heb “a breath takes [them] away.”
  4. 39 Or “seeks refuge in me.” “Seeking refuge” is a metonymy for “being loyal to.”
  5. 40 Heb “possess, own.” The point seems to be that he will have free access to God’s presence, as if God’s temple mount were his personal possession.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you!

The wind will carry them all off,

a breath will take them away.

But he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land

and shall inherit my holy mountain.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When you cry out for help,

let your collection of idols save you!

The wind will carry all of them off,

a mere breath will blow them away.

But whoever takes refuge in me

will inherit the land

and possess my holy mountain.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When you cry out,

let your collection of idols rescue you!

The wind will carry all of them off,

a breath will take them away.

But whoever takes refuge in me

will inherit the land

and possess my holy mountain.

NLTNew Living Translation

Let’s see if your idols can save you

when you cry to them for help.

Why, a puff of wind can knock them down!

If you just breathe on them, they fall over!

But whoever trusts in me will inherit the land

and possess my holy mountain.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When you cry, let your collection deliver you,

and the wind will carry all of them away;

a breath will take them away.

But he who takes refuge in me shall take possession of the land,

and he shall inherit my holy mountain.”

KJV 1900King James Version

When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee;

But the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them:

But he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land,

And shall inherit my holy mountain;