Isaiah 57:18-19 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.… In the old time, when the Grecians worshipped images of their gods, it was said that when spiders stretched their webs across the eyelids of the image of Jupiter, the people were regular in their attendance to worship him. They liked to feel that the spiders' webs prevented Jupiter from seeing their sins, and in their poor, feeble way were no doubt grateful to the insects for covering the eyes of a god who, they thought, would punish them for their sins if he could see their ways. (W. Birch.) Parallel Verses KJV: I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. |
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