The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 57:18

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

I have seen his ways, and will heal him. God had seen the wanderings of his people in perverse ways, and his heart had been touched with pity thereat. The good Shepherd follows and recalls the wanderers of the flock.

When they have suffered hurt he "heals" them. He is willing to "lead" them also—to go before them, and show them the way that they should walk in (Isaiah 49:10; Ezekiel 34:11-16), and "restore comforts" to them, especially to such of them as have begun to "mourn" over their perversity.

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