Isaiah 57

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57 The righteous man perishes, and no man ^(A)puts it upon his heart;
And men of lovingkindness are gathered away, while no one understands.
For the righteous man is gathered away from ^(B)evil,
² He enters into peace;
They rest in their ^[a]beds,
Each one who ^(C)walked in his upright way.
³ “But draw near, you sons of a ^(D)soothsayer,
^(E)Seed of an adulterer and ^[b]a ^(F)prostitute.
⁴ Against whom do you jest?
Against whom do you open wide your mouth
And stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of ^(G)transgression,
Seed of lying,
⁵ Who inflame yourselves among the ^[c](H)oaks,
^(I)Under every green tree,
Who ^(J)slaughter the children in the ^[d]ravines,
Under the clefts of the cliffs?
⁶ Among the ^[e](K)smooth stones of the ^[f]ravine
Is your portion, ^[g]they are your lot;
Even to them you have ^(L)poured out a drink offering;
You have made a grain offering.
Shall I ^[h](M)relent concerning these things?
⁷ Upon a mountain ^(N)lofty and lifted up
You have ^(O)made your bed.
You also went up there to offer sacrifice.
⁸ Behind the door and the doorpost
You have set up your memorial;
Indeed, far removed from Me, you have ^(P)uncovered yourself,
And have gone up and made your bed wide,
And you have cut a covenant for yourself with them;
You have loved their ^[i]bed;
You have looked on their ^[j]manhood.
⁹ You have journeyed to the king with oil
And increased your perfumes;
You have ^(Q)sent your envoys a great distance
And made them go down to Sheol.
¹⁰ You were tired out by the length of your road,
Yet you did not say, ‘^(R)It is hopeless.’
You found ^[k]renewed strength;
Therefore you did not ^[l]faint.

¹⁴ And it will be said,
“^(AB)Build up, build up, prepare the way,
^[m]Remove every stumbling block out of the way of My people.”
¹⁵ For thus says the One ^(AC)high and lifted up
Who ^(AD)dwells forever, whose name is Holy,
“I ^(AE)dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the ^(AF)crushed and lowly of spirit
In order to ^(AG)revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the crushed.
¹⁶ For I will ^(AH)not contend forever,
^(AI)Nor will I always be angry;
For the spirit would grow faint before Me,
And the ^(AJ)breath of those whom I have made.
¹⁷ Because of the iniquity of his ^(AK)greedy gain I was angry and struck him;
I hid My face and was angry,
And he went on ^(AL)turning away, in the way of his heart.
¹⁸ I have seen his ways, but I will ^(AM)heal him;
I will ^(AN)lead him and ^(AO)pay him and his mourners in full with comfort,
¹⁹ Creating the ^[n](AP)praise of the lips.
^(AQ)Peace, peace to him who is ^(AR)far and to him who is near,”
Says Yahweh, “and I will heal him.”
²⁰ But the ^(AS)wicked are like the tossing sea,
For it cannot be quiet,
And its waters toss up refuse and mud.
²¹ “^(AT)There is no peace,” says ^(AU)my God, “for the wicked.”