Isaiah 57

1 ♥ 📝 T he righteous^H6662 perisheth,^H6 and no man^H376 layeth^H7760 it to heart;^H3820 and merciful^H2617 men^H582 are taken away,^H622 none considering^H995 that the righteous^H6662 is taken away^H622 from^H6440 the evil^H7451 [to come].

2 ♥ 📝 He entereth^H935 into peace;^H7965 they rest^H5117 in their beds,^H4904 each one that walketh^H1980 in his uprightness.^H5228

3 ♥ 📝 But draw near^H7126 hither, ye sons^H1121 of the sorceress,^H6049 the seed^H2233 of the adulterer^H5003 and the harlot.^H2181

4 ♥ 📝 Against whom do ye sport^H6026 yourselves? against whom make ye a wide^H7337 mouth,^H6310 and put out^H748 the tongue?^H3956 are ye not children^H3206 of transgression,^H6588 a seed^H2233 of falsehood,^H8267

5 ♥ 📝 ye that inflame^H2552 yourselves among the oaks,^H410 under every green^H7488 tree;^H6086 that slay^H7819 the children^H3206 in the valleys,^H5158 under the clefts^H5585 of the rocks?^H5553

6 ♥ 📝 Among the smooth^H2511 [stones] of the valley^H5158 is thy portion;^H2506 they, they are thy lot;^H1486 even to them hast thou poured^H8210 a drink-offering,^H4503 thou hast offered^H5927 an oblation.^H5262 Shall I be appeased^H5162 for these things?

7 ♥ 📝 Upon a high^H5375 and lofty^H1364 mountain^H2022 hast thou set^H7760 thy bed;^H4904 thither also wentest thou up^H5927 to offer^H2076 sacrifice.^H2077

8 ♥ 📝 And behind^H310 the doors^H1817 and the posts^H4201 hast thou set up^H7760 thy memorial:^H2146 for thou hast uncovered^H1540 [thyself] to another than me, and art gone up;^H5927 thou hast enlarged^H7337 thy bed,^H4904 and made^H3772 thee a covenant with them: thou lovedst^H157 their bed^H4904 where^H3027 thou sawest^H2372 it.

9 ♥ 📝 And thou wentest^H7788 to the king^H4428 with oil,^H8081 and didst increase^H7235 thy perfumes,^H7547 and didst send^H7971 thine ambassadors^H6735 far off,^H7350 and didst debase^H8213 thyself even unto Sheol.^H7585

10 ♥ 📝 Thou wast wearied^H3021 with the length^H7230 of thy way;^H1870 yet saidst^H559 thou not, It is in vain:^H2976 thou didst find^H4672 a quickening^H2416 of thy strength;^H3027 therefore thou wast not faint.^H2470

11 ♥ 📝 And of whom hast thou been afraid^H1672 and in fear,^H3372 that thou liest,^H3576 and hast not remembered^H2142 me, nor laid^H7760 it to thy heart?^H3820 have not I held my peace^H2814 even of long time,^H5769 and thou fearest^H3372 me not?

12 ♥ 📝 I will declare^H5046 thy righteousness;^H6666 and as for thy works,^H4639 they shall not profit^H3276 thee.

13 ♥ 📝 When thou criest,^H2199 let them that thou hast gathered deliver^H5337 thee; but the wind^H7307 shall take^H3947 them, a breath^H1892 shall carry^H3947 them all away:^H5375 but he that taketh refuge^H2620 in me shall possess^H5157 the land,^H776 and shall inherit^H3423 my holy^H6944 mountain.^H2022

14 ♥ 📝 And he will say,^H559 Cast ye up,^H5549 cast ye up,^H5549 prepare^H6437 the way,^H1870 take up^H7311 the stumbling-block^H4383 out of the way^H1870 of my people.^H5971

15 ♥ 📝 For thus saith^H559 the high^H7311 and lofty One^H5375 that inhabiteth^H7931 eternity,^H5703 whose name^H8034 is Holy:^H6918 I dwell^H7931 in the high^H4791 and holy^H6918 place, with him also that is of a contrite^H1793 and humble^H8217 spirit,^H7307 to revive^H2421 the spirit^H7307 of the humble,^H8217 and to revive^H2421 the heart^H3820 of the contrite.^H1792

16 ♥ 📝 For I will not contend^H7378 for ever,^H5769 neither will I be always^H5331 wroth;^H7107 for the spirit^H7307 would faint^H5848 before^H6440 me, and the souls^H5397 that I have made.^H6213

17 ♥ 📝 For the iniquity^H5771 of his covetousness^H1215 was I wroth,^H7107 and smote^H5221 him; I hid^H5641 [my face] and was wroth;^H7107 and he went on^H3212 backsliding^H7726 in the way^H1870 of his heart.^H3820

18 ♥ 📝 I have seen^H7200 his ways,^H1870 and will heal^H7495 him: I will lead^H5148 him also, and restore^H7999 comforts^H5150 unto him and to his mourners.^H57

19 ♥ 📝 I create^H1254 the fruit^H5108 of the lips:^H8193 Peace,^H7965 peace,^H7965 to him that is far off^H7350 and to him that is near,^H7138 saith^H559 Jehovah;^H3068 and I will heal^H7495 him.

20 ♥ 📝 But the wicked^H7563 are like the troubled^H1644 sea;^H3220 for it cannot^H3201 rest,^H8252 and its waters^H4325 cast up^H1644 mire^H7516 and dirt.^H2916

21 ♥ 📝 There is no peace,^H7965 saith^H559 my God,^H430 to the wicked.^H7563