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| Isaiah 57:1 | The 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. | 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]. |
| Isaiah 57:2 | He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. | He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness. |
| Isaiah 57:3 | But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. | But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute. |
| Isaiah 57:4 | Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, | Against whom do you sport yourselves? against whom make you a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? Aren't you children of disobedience, a seed of falsehood, |
| Isaiah 57:5 | Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? | you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? |
| Isaiah 57:6 | Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these? | Among the smooth [stones] of the valley is your portion; they, they are your lot; even to them have you poured a drink-offering, you have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things? |
| Isaiah 57:7 | Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. | On a high and lofty mountain have you set your bed; there also went you up to offer sacrifice. |
| Isaiah 57:8 | Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou 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 lovedst their bed where thou sawest it. | Behind the doors and the posts have you set up your memorial: for you have uncovered [yourself] to another than me, and are gone up; you have enlarged your bed, and made you a covenant with them: you loved their bed where you saw it. |
| Isaiah 57:9 | And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell. | You went to the king with oil, and did increase your perfumes, and did send your ambassadors far off, and did debase yourself even to Sheol. |
| Isaiah 57:10 | Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved. | You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you didn't say, It is in vain: you found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren't faint. |
| Isaiah 57:11 | And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? | Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven't I held my peace even of long time, and you don't fear me? |
| Isaiah 57:12 | I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee. | I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you. |
| Isaiah 57:13 | When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain; | When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain. |
| Isaiah 57:14 | And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. | He will say, Cast you up, cast you up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people. |
| Isaiah 57:15 | For 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 ones. | For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite. |
| Isaiah 57:16 | For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. | For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made. |
| Isaiah 57:17 | For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. | For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him; I hid [my face] and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart. |
| Isaiah 57:18 | I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. | I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners. |
| Isaiah 57:19 | I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him. | I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near, says Yahweh; and I will heal him. |
| Isaiah 57:20 | But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. | But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. |
| Isaiah 57:21 | There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. | There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked. |
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