Isaiah 57
57
Remove Every Stumbling Block
1The righteous one perishes, but no one takes it to heart. Godly men are taken away, but no one discerns that the righteous man is taken from evil.
2He enters into shalom. They rest on their beds, each who walked in his integrity.
3But as for you, come here, you children of a sorceress, offspring of an adulterer and prostitute.
4Whom are you mocking? At whom do you open your mouth wide and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit?
5You who burn with lust among the oaks and under every green tree, who sacrifice your children in the wadis and under the clefts of the rocks?
6Among the smooth stones of the wadi is your portion—they are your lot. To them you have even poured out a drink offering, made a grain offering. Shall I relent concerning these things?
7Upon a high and lofty mountain you made your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.
8Behind the door and the doorpost you have set up your memorial sign. For away from Me, you uncovered, went up and made your bed wide, and cut covenant with them. You loved their bed— you looked on their nakedness.
9You journeyed to the king with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You sent your ambassadors far away, and made them go down to Sheol.
10You wearied of the length of your way, yet you did not say, “It is hopeless!” You found renewed strength, so you did not weaken.
11“Whom was it you dreaded and feared, so that you lied. But you did not remember Me or take it to heart? Have I not kept silent a long time— yet you do not fear Me?
12I will expose your ‘righteousness’, and your deeds—they will not profit you.
13When you cry out, will your collection of idols save you? The wind will carry them off, a breath will take them away. But he who takes refuge in Me will possess the land, and will inherit My holy mountain.”
14Then it will be said: “Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every stumbling block out of the way of My people.”
15For thus says the High and Exalted One who inhabits eternity, whose Name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, yet also with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and revive the heart of the contrite.
16For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry, for the spirit would grow weak before Me, the breath of those whom I made.
17Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry; I struck him; I hid My face; I was angry—but he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
18I have seen his ways, but I will heal him. I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners.
19Creating the praise of lips: ‘Shalom, shalom to him who is far and to him who is near,’ says Adonai, ‘and I will heal him.’”
20But the wicked are like a troubled sea, for it cannot rest, and its waters toss up mire and dirt.
21 “There is no shalom,” says my God “for the wicked.”
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Isaiah 57
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Isaiah 57
1¶ The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
2He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
3¶ But come here, ye sons of the sorceress, generation of the adulterer and the whore.
4Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom do ye make a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? Are ye not rebellious sons, a lying seed of transgression,
5inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?
6Among the smooth stones of the valley is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even unto them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a present. Should I not avenge these things?
7Upon the lofty and high mountain thou hast set thy bed: even there thou didst go up to offer sacrifice.
8Behind the doors also and the posts thou hast set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed and made thee a covenant with them; thou didst love their bed wherever thou didst see it.
9And thou didst go to the king with ointment and didst multiply thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol.
10Thou became wearied in the multitude of thy ways; yet thou didst not say, There is no remedy: thou hast found that which thou wast searching for; therefore thou repented not.
11And of whom hast thou reverenced or feared? Why dost thou lie; that thou hast not remembered me, nor have I come to thy thought? Have I not held my peace even of old, and thou hast never feared me?
12I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
13¶ When thou criest, let thy companions deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that waits in me shall have the land by inheritance and shall possess the mountain of my holiness.
14And shall say, Clear away, clear away, level the way, take away the stumblingblocks out of the way of my people.
15For thus has said the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is The Holy One; I dwell in the high place and in holiness and with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to cause the spirit of the humble to live and to cause the heart of the contrite ones to live.
16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for by me is the spirit covered by the body, and I have made the souls.
17¶ For the iniquity of his covetousness I was wroth and smote him: I hid my face and was wroth, and he went on rebelliously in the way of his heart.
18I have seen his ways and will heal him: I will lead him also and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
19I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off and to him that is near, said the Lord; and healed him.
20But the wicked are like the sea in tempest, that cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
21 There is no peace, saith my God, for the wicked.
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