Isaiah 57:15-21

New International Version

¹⁵ For this is what the high and exalted^(A) One says—
    he who lives forever,^(B) whose name is holy:
“I live in a high^(C) and holy place,
    but also with the one who is contrite^(D) and lowly in spirit,^(E)
to revive the spirit of the lowly
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.^(F)
16 I will not accuse^(G) them forever,
    nor will I always be angry,^(H)
for then they would faint away because of me—
    the very people^(I) I have created.
¹⁷ I was enraged by their sinful greed;^(J)
    I punished them, and hid^(K) my face in anger,
    yet they kept on in their willful ways.^(L)
18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal^(M) them;
    I will guide^(N) them and restore comfort^(O) to Israel’s mourners,
¹⁹     creating praise on their lips.^(P)
Peace, peace,^(Q) to those far and near,”^(R)
    says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”
²⁰ But the wicked^(S) are like the tossing sea,^(T)
    which cannot rest,
    whose waves cast up mire^(U) and mud.
²¹ “There is no peace,”^(V) says my God, “for the wicked.”^(W)