Isaiah 57

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¹See how the just man has perished, and no one lays [it] to heart: and righteous men are taken away, and no one considers: for the righteous has been removed out of the way of injustice.

²His burial shall be in peace: he has been removed out of the way.

³But draw ye near hither, ye lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.

³But draw you⌃ near hither, you⌃ lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.

⁴Wherein have ye been rioting? and against whom have ye opened your mouth, and against whom have ye loosed your tongue? are ye not children of perdition? a lawless seed?

⁴Wherein have you⌃ been rioting? and against whom have you⌃ opened your mouth, and against whom have you⌃ loosed your tongue? are you⌃ not children of perdition? a lawless seed?

⁵who call upon idols under the leafy trees, slaying your children in the valleys among the rocks?

⁶That is thy portion, this is thy lot: and to them hast thou poured forth drink-offerings, and to these hast thou offered meat-offerings. Shall I not therefore be angry for these things?

⁶That is your portion, this is your lot: and to them have you poured forth drink-offerings, and to these have you offered meat-offerings. Shall I not therefore be angry for these things?

⁷On a lofty and high mountain, there is thy bed, and thither thou carriedst up thy meat-offerings:

⁷On a lofty and high mountain, there is your bed, and there you carried up your meat-offerings:

⁸and behind the posts of thy door thou didst place thy memorials. Didst thou think that if thou shouldest depart from me, thou wouldest gain? thou hast loved those that lay with thee;

⁸and behind the posts of your door you did place your memorials. Did you think that if you should depart from me, you would gain? you have loved those that lay with you;

⁹and thou hast multiplied thy whoredom with them, and thou hast increased the number of them that are far from thee, and hast sent ambassadors beyond thy borders, and hast been debased even to hell.

⁹and you have multiplied your whoredom with them, and you have increased the number of them that are far from you, and have sent ambassadors beyond your borders, and have been debased even to hell.

¹⁰Thou hast wearied thyself with thy many ways; yet thou saidst not, I will cease to strengthen myself: for thou hast done these things; therefore thou hast not supplicated me.

¹⁰You have wearied yourself with your many ways; yet you said not, I will cease to strengthen myself: for you have done these things; therefore you have not supplicated me.

¹¹Through dread of whom hast thou feared, and lied against me, and hast not remembered, nor considered me, nor regarded me, yea, though when I see thee I pass thee by, yet thou hast not feared me.

¹¹Through dread of whom have you feared, and lied against me, and has not remembered, nor considered me, nor regarded me, yes, though when I see you I pass you by, yet you have not feared me.

¹²And I will declare thy righteousness, and thy sins, which shall not profit thee.

¹²And I will declare your righteousness, and your sins, which shall not profit you.

¹³When thou criest out, let them deliver thee in thine affliction: for all these the wind shall take, and the tempest shall carry [them] away: but they that cleave to me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.

¹³When you cry out, let them deliver you in your affliction: for all these the wind shall take, and the tempest shall carry [them] away: but they that cleave to me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.

¹⁴And they shall say, Clear the ways before him, and take up the stumbling -blocks out of the way of my people.

¹⁴And they shall say, Clear the ways before him, and take up the stumbling blocks out of the way of my people.

¹⁵Thus saith the Most High, who dwells on high for ever, Holy in the holies, is his name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted:

¹⁵Thus says the Most High, who dwells on high for ever, Holy in the holies, is his name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted:

¹⁶I will not take vengeance on you for ever, neither will I be always angry with you: for my Spirit shall go forth from me, and I have created all breath.

¹⁷On account of sin for a little while I grieved him, and smote him, and turned away my face from him; and he was grieved, and he went on sorrowful in his ways.

¹⁷On account of sin for a little while I grieved him, and struck him, and turned away my face from him; and he was grieved, and he went on sorrowful in his ways.

¹⁸I have seen his ways, and healed him, and comforted him, and given him true comfort;

¹⁹peace upon peace to them that are far off, and to them that are nigh: and the Lord has said, I will heal them.

¹⁹peace upon peace to them that are far off, and to them that are near: and the Lord has said, I will heal them.

²⁰But the unrighteous shall be tossed as troubled waves, and shall not be able to rest.

²¹There is no joy to the ungodly, said God.