Isaiah 57 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

Israel’s Futile Idolatry

Isa 57:1The righteous man perishes,
and no one lays it to heart;
devout men are taken away,
while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;

Isa 57:2

Isa 57:2he enters into peace;
they rest in their beds
who walk in their uprightness.

Isa 57:3

Isa 57:3But you, draw near,
sons of the sorceress,
offspring of the adulterer and the loose woman.

Isa 57:4

Isa 57:4Whom are you mocking?
Against whom do you open your mouth wide
and stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of transgression,
the offspring of deceit,

Isa 57:5

Isa 57:5you who burn with lust among the oaks,[fn]
under every green tree,
who slaughter your children in the valleys,
under the clefts of the rocks?

Isa 57:6

Isa 57:6Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion;
they, they, are your lot;
to them you have poured out a drink offering,
you have brought a grain offering.
Shall I relent for these things?

Isa 57:7

Isa 57:7On a high and lofty mountain
you have set your bed,
and there you went up to offer sacrifice.

Isa 57:8

Isa 57:8Behind the door and the doorpost
you have set up your memorial;
for, deserting me, you have uncovered your bed,
you have gone up to it,
you have made it wide;
and you have made a covenant for yourself with them,
you have loved their bed,
you have looked on nakedness.[fn]

Isa 57:9

Isa 57:9You journeyed to the king with oil
and multiplied your perfumes;
you sent your envoys far off,
and sent down even to Sheol.

Isa 57:10

Isa 57:10You were wearied with the length of your way,
but you did not say, “It is hopeless”;
you found new life for your strength,
and so you were not faint.[fn]

Isa 57:11

Isa 57:11Whom did you dread and fear,
so that you lied,
and did not remember me,
did not lay it to heart?
Have I not held my peace, even for a long time,
and you do not fear me?

Isa 57:12

Isa 57:12I will declare your righteousness and your deeds,
but they will not profit you.

Isa 57:13

Isa 57:13When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you!
The wind will carry them all off,
a breath will take them away.
But he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land
and shall inherit my holy mountain.

Comfort for the Contrite

Isa 57:14

Isa 57:14And it shall be said,
“Build up, build up, prepare the way,
remove every obstruction from my people’s way.”

Isa 57:15

Isa 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isa 57:16

Isa 57:16For I will not contend forever,
nor will I always be angry;
for the spirit would grow faint before me,
and the breath of life that I made.

Isa 57:17

Isa 57:17Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry,
I struck him; I hid my face and was angry,
but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.

Isa 57:18

Isa 57:18I have seen his ways, but I will heal him;
I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

Isa 57:19

Isa 57:19creating the fruit of the lips.
Peace, peace, to the far and to the near,” says the LORD,
“and I will heal him.

Isa 57:20

Isa 57:20But the wicked are like the tossing sea;
for it cannot be quiet,
and its waters toss up mire and dirt.

Isa 57:21

Isa 57:21There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

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ESV Footnotes

(57:5)

Or among the terebinths

(57:8)

Or on a monument (see 56:5); Hebrew on a hand

(57:10)

Hebrew and so you were not sick

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Isaiah 57 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

Israel’s Futile Idolatry

Comfort for the Contrite

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