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ULT by section ISA 57:1

⌂ ← ISA 57:1–57:21 → ║ ©

The Book of Isaiah 57

57 The righteous perish,

but no one takes it to heart,

and the men of covenant faithfulness are gathered away,

but no one understands

that the righteous is gathered away

from the face of evil.

2 He comes in peace;

they rest in their beds

who walks in his uprightness.

3 “But, you, come here,

sons of the sorcerer,

seed of the adulterer and prostitute.

4 Whom are you mocking?

Against whom are you opening wide the mouth

and sticking out the tongue?

Are you not children of rebellion,

seed of deceit

5 who go into heat among the oaks,

under every green tree,

slaughterers of children in valleys,

under overhangs of rocks?

6 Among the smooth things of the valley are your portion,

It is they which are your destiny.

Even to them you pour out your drink offering

raise up a grain offering.

In these shall I relent?

7 On a high and lofty mountain

you set your bed.

Even there you went up

to offer sacrifice.

8 And behind the door and the doorposts

you set your symbols.

For away from me you bared yourselves

and went up, widened your bed.

And you cut for yourself a covenant with them;

you loved their beds; you saw a hand.

9 And you turned to Molech with oil,

and you multiplied your perfumes.[fn]

And you sent your ambassadors far away;

and went down to Sheol.

10 You were tired from your long journey,

but you did not say, ‘It is hopeless.’

You found the life of your hand,

therefore you did not weaken.

11 “And of whom do you worry and fear,

that you lie

and do not remember me,

do not take it to heart?

Was I not silent and for so long,

that you do not fear me?

12 I shall proclaim your righteousness,

and your deeds,

but they will not help you.

13 When you cry out, let your collection rescue you,

but the wind will carry all of them away;

a breath will take them away.

Yet he who takes refuge in me will inherit the land

and will take possession of my holy mountain.”

14 And he will say,

“Pile up, pile up! Clear a way!

Remove the stumbling block from the path of my people!”

15 For thus says the One High and Lifted Up,

who lives eternally, and holy is his name,

“On high and holy I dwell

and with the oppressed and humble of spirit,

to revive the spirit of the humble,

and to revive the heart of the oppressed.

16 For not forever will I contend,

and not eternally will I be angry,

for the spirit before my face would faint,

and the breath I myself have made.

17 Because of the sin of his gain, I was angry,

and I struck him; I hid and was angry,

but he went backward in the way of his heart.

18 I have seen his ways and I shall heal him

and lead him and give comfort to him and to his mourners.

19 Creator of the fruit of the lips,

“Peace, peace, to the far off and to the near,”

says Yahweh, “and I shall heal them.”

20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea,

which is not able to rest,

and its waters churn up mire and mud.

21 “There is no peace,” says my God,

“for the wicked.”

Instead of to Molech, some ancient manuscripts have to the king.