Isaiah 57

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¹ The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.	¹ The just man perishes, but no one takes it to heart; Devout men are swept away, with no one giving it a thought. Though he is taken away from the presence of evil, the just man
² He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.	² enters into peace; There is rest on his couch for the sincere, straightforward man.
³ But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.	³ But you, draw near, you sons of a sorceress, adulterous, wanton race!
⁴ Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,	⁴ Of whom do you make sport, at whom do you open wide your mouth, and put out your tongue? Are you not rebellious children, a worthless race;
⁵ Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?	⁵ You who are in heat among the terebinths, under every green tree; You who immolate children in the wadies, behind the crevices in the cliffs?
⁶ Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?	⁶ Among the smooth stones of the wadi is your portion, these are your lot; To these you poured out libations, and brought offerings. Should I decide not to punish these things?
⁷ Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.	⁷ Upon a high and lofty mountain you made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifice.
⁸ Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.	⁸ Behind the door and the doorpost you placed your indecent symbol. Deserting me, you spread out your high, wide bed; And of those whose embraces you love you carved the symbol and gazed upon it
⁹ And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.	⁹ While you approached the king with scented oil, and multiplied your perfumes; While you sent your ambassadors far away, down even to the nether world.
¹⁰ Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.	¹⁰ Though worn out by your many misdeeds, you never said, "It is hopeless"; New strength you found, and so you did not weaken.
¹¹ And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?	¹¹ Of whom were you afraid? Whom did you fear, that you became false And did not remember me or give me any thought? Was I to remain silent and unseeing, so that you would not have me to fear?
¹² I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.	¹² I will expose your justice and your works;
¹³ 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;	¹³ They shall not help you when you cry out, nor save you in your distress. All these the wind shall carry off, the breeze shall bear away; But he who takes refuge in me shall inherit the land, and possess my holy mountain.
¹⁴ And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.	¹⁴ Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove the stumbling blocks from my people's path.
¹⁵ For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.	¹⁵ For thus says he who is high and exalted, living eternally, whose name is the Holy One: On high I dwell, and in holiness, and with the crushed and dejected in spirit, To revive the spirits of the dejected, to revive the hearts of the crushed.
¹⁶ For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.	¹⁶ I will not accuse forever, nor always be angry; For their spirits would faint before me, the souls that I have made.
¹⁷ For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.	¹⁷ Because of their wicked avarice I was angry, and struck them, hiding myself in wrath, as they went their own rebellious way.
¹⁸ I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.	¹⁸ I saw their ways, but I will heal them and lead them; I will give full comfort to them and to those who mourn for them,
¹⁹ I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.	¹⁹ I, the Creator, who gave them life. Peace, peace to the far and the near, says the LORD; and I will heal them.
²⁰ But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.	²⁰ But the wicked are like the tossing sea which cannot be calmed, And its waters cast up mud and filth.
²¹ There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.	²¹ No peace for the wicked! says my God.

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