Bible, King James Version
Isaiah
Isa.57
[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.
[2] He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their
beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
[3] But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the
seed of the adulterer and the whore.
[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,
[5] Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green
tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the
rocks?
[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?
[7] Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed:
even thither wentest thou 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.
[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.
[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.
[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?
[12] I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for
they shall not profit thee.
[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;
[14] And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the
way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[18] I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead
him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
[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.
[20] But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it
cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
[21] There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
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