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Isaiah 57 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Isa 57:1

Isa 57:1The 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.

Isa 57:2

Isa 57:2He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.

Isa 57:3

Isa 57:3But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

Isa 57:4

Isa 57:4Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

Isa 57:5

Isa 57:5ye that inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

Isa 57:6

Isa 57:6Among the smooth 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?

Isa 57:7

Isa 57:7Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

Isa 57:8

Isa 57:8And behind the doors and the posts hast thou set up thy memorial: for thou hast uncovered 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.

Isa 57:9

Isa 57:9And thou wentest to the king with oil, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol.

Isa 57:10

Isa 57:10Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not, It is in vain: thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not faint.

Isa 57:11

Isa 57:11And 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 thou fearest me not?

Isa 57:12

Isa 57:12I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.

Isa 57:13

Isa 57:13When thou criest, let them that thou hast gathered deliver thee; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he that taketh refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.

Isa 57:14

Isa 57:14And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.

Isa 57:15

Isa 57:15For 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.

Isa 57:16

Isa 57:16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made.

Isa 57:17

Isa 57:17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid my face and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

Isa 57:18

Isa 57:18I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

Isa 57:19

Isa 57:19I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.

Isa 57:20

Isa 57:20But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

Isa 57:21

Isa 57:21There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
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