BES

BES

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Isaiah 57 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:1 - See 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:2 - His burial shall be in peace: he has been removed out of the way.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:3 - But draw ye near hither, ye lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:4 - Wherein 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?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5 - who call upon idols under the leafy trees, slaying [fn]your children in the valleys among the rocks?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:6 - That 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?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:7 - On a lofty and high mountain, there is thy bed, and thither thou carriedst up thy meat-offerings:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:8 - and 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;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:9 - and 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:10 - Thou 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:11 - Through dread of whom hast thou feared, and lied against me, and hast not remembered, nor [fn]considered me, nor regarded me, yea, though when I see thee I pass thee by, yet thou hast not feared me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:12 - And I will declare thy righteousness, and thy sins, which shall not profit thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:13 - When 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:14 - And they shall say, [fn]Clear the ways before him, and take up the stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:15 - Thus saith the Most High, who dwells on high for ever, [fn]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:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:16 - I 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:17 - On 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:18 - I have seen his ways, and healed him, and comforted him, and given him true comfort;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:19 - peace upon peace to them that are far off, and to them that are nigh: and the Lord has said, I will heal them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:20 - But the unrighteous shall be tossed as troubled waves, and shall not be able to rest.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:21 - There is no [fn]joy to the ungodly, said God.
BES Footnotes
Gr. their.
Gr. taken me into thy mind, not into thine heart.
Lit. purge.
Or, Most Holy.
See chap 48:22.
BES

Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
BES
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
BES

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Isaiah Chapter 57 — Additional Translations: