Isaiah 57:19 - Exposition

I create the fruit of the lips ; literally, creating the fruit of the lips. The clause is best attached to the preceding verse. By his tender treatment of the wanderers, God brings forth fruit from their lips in the shape of praise and thanksgiving. Peace, peace; or, perfect peace , as in Isaiah 26:3 . Judah's prophets were apt to say to her, " Peace, peace ," when there was no peace ( Jeremiah 6:14 ; Jeremiah 8:11 ; Ezekiel 13:10 ). Isaiah is now commissioned to give the promise from the mouth of God (comp. John 14:27 ; John 20:21 , John 20:26 ). To him that is far off, and to him that is near; i.e. either "to both the Gentiles and the Jews," or "to both the scattered members of the Jewish body" ( Isaiah 11:11 ; Isaiah 43:5 , Isaiah 43:6 ) "and the collected nation in Canaan."