Isaiah 57 : 1 (RV)
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 cf15i to come .
Isaiah 57 : 2 (RV)
He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.
Isaiah 57 : 3 (RV)
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Isaiah 57 : 4 (RV)
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,
Isaiah 57 : 5 (RV)
ye that inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
Isaiah 57 : 6 (RV)
Among the smooth cf15i stones of the valley is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered an oblation. Shall I be appeased for these things?
Isaiah 57 : 7 (RV)
Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed: thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
Isaiah 57 : 8 (RV)
And behind the doors and the posts hast thou set up thy memorial: for thou hast discovered cf15i 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.
Isaiah 57 : 9 (RV)
And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
Isaiah 57 : 10 (RV)
Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not faint.
Isaiah 57 : 11 (RV)
And of whom hast thou been afraid and in fear, that thou liest, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of long time, and fearest me not?
Isaiah 57 : 12 (RV)
I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.
Isaiah 57 : 13 (RV)
When thou criest, let them which thou hast gathered deliver thee; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.
Isaiah 57 : 14 (RV)
And he shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
Isaiah 57 : 15 (RV)
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.
Isaiah 57 : 16 (RV)
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.
Isaiah 57 : 17 (RV)
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth and smote him, I hid cf15i my face and was wroth: and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
Isaiah 57 : 18 (RV)
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
Isaiah 57 : 19 (RV)
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.
Isaiah 57 : 20 (RV)
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
Isaiah 57 : 21 (RV)
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
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