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Isaiah

ESV

Chapter 57

¹The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands that the righteous man is taken away from calamity; ²he enters into peace; they rest in their beds who walk in their uprightness. ³But you, draw near, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute. ⁴Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open your mouth wide and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, the offspring of deceit— ⁵you who burn with lust among the oaks, under every green tree, you who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? ⁶Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, they are your lot; to them you have poured out a drink offering, you have brought a grain offering. Shall I relent for these things? ⁷On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifice. ⁸Behind the door and the doorpost you have set up your memorial; for, deserting me, you have uncovered your bed, you have gone up to it, you have made it wide; and you have made a covenant for yourself with them; you have loved their bed, you have looked on nakedness. ⁹You journeyed to the king with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far off, and sent down even to Sheol. ¹⁰You were wearied by the length of your way, yet you did not say, “It is hopeless”; you found new strength, and so you were not faint. ¹¹Whom did you dread and fear, so that you lied, and did not remember me, nor lay it to heart? Have I not been silent, even for a long time, and you do not fear me? ¹²I will declare your righteousness and your works, but they will not profit you. ¹³When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you! But the wind will carry them all off, a breath will take them. But he who takes refuge in me will possess the land and will inherit my holy mountain. ¹⁴And it shall be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people's way.” ¹⁵For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite. ¹⁶For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before me, and the breath of life that I made. ¹⁷Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry, I struck him; I hid my face and was angry, but he went on stubbornly in the way of his own heart. ¹⁸I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and to his mourners, ¹⁹creating the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace to the far and to the near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal him.” ²⁰But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt. ²¹“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”