Isaiah 57 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Evil Leaders Rebuked

57 The righteous man perishes, and no man (A)takes it to heart;
And devout men are taken away, while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from (B)evil,
2 He enters into peace;
They rest in their [a]beds,
Each one who (C)walked in his upright way.
3 “But come here, you sons of a (D)sorceress,
(E)Offspring of an adulterer and [b]a (F)prostitute.
4 “Against whom do you jest?
Against whom do you open wide your mouth
And stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of (G)rebellion,
Offspring of deceit,
5 Who inflame yourselves among the [c](H)oaks,
(I)Under every luxuriant tree,
Who (J)slaughter the children in the [d]ravines,
Under the clefts of the crags?
6 “Among the [e](K)smooth stones of the [f]ravine
Is your portion, [g]they are your lot;
Even to them you have (L)poured out a drink offering,
You have made a grain offering.
Shall I [h](M)relent concerning these things?
7 “Upon a (N)high and lofty mountain
You have (O)made your bed.
You also went up there to offer sacrifice.
8 “Behind the door and the doorpost
You have set up your sign;
Indeed, far removed from Me, you have (P)uncovered yourself,
And have gone up and made your bed wide.
And you have made an agreement for yourself with them,
You have loved their [i]bed,
You have looked on their [j]manhood.
9 “You have journeyed to the king with oil
And increased your perfumes;
You have (Q)sent your envoys a great distance
And made them go down to [k]Sheol.
10 “You were tired out by the length of your road,
Yet you did not say, ‘(R)It is hopeless.’
You found [l]renewed strength,
Therefore you did not [m]faint.

11 “Of (S)whom were you worried and fearful
When you lied, and did (T)not remember Me
[n]Nor (U)give Me a thought?
Was I not silent even for a long time
So you do not fear Me?
12 “I will (V)declare your righteousness and your (W)deeds,
But they will not profit you.
13 “When you cry out, (X)let your collection of idols deliver you.
But the wind will carry all of them up,
And a breath will take them away.
But he who (Y)takes refuge in Me will (Z)inherit the land
And will (AA)possess My holy mountain.”

14 And it will be said,
“(AB)Build up, build up, prepare the way,
Remove every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
15 For thus says the (AC)high and exalted One
Who [o](AD)lives forever, whose name is Holy,
“I (AE)dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the (AF)contrite and lowly of spirit
In order to (AG)revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 “For I will (AH)not contend forever,
(AI)Nor will I always be angry;
For the spirit would grow faint before Me,
And the (AJ)breath of those whom I have made.
17 “Because of the iniquity of his (AK)unjust gain I was angry and struck him;
I hid My face and was angry,
And he went on (AL)turning away, in the way of his heart.
18 “I have seen his ways, but I will (AM)heal him;
I will (AN)lead him and (AO)restore comfort to him and to his mourners,
19 Creating the [p](AP)praise of the lips.
(AQ)Peace, peace to him who is (AR)far and to him who is near,”
Says the Lord, “and I will heal him.”
20 But the (AS)wicked are like the tossing sea,
For it cannot be quiet,
And its waters toss up refuse and mud.
21 “(AT)There is no peace,” says (AU)my God, “for the wicked.”

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:2 I.e. graves
  2. Isaiah 57:3 So ancient versions; Heb she prostitutes herself
  3. Isaiah 57:5 Or terebinths
  4. Isaiah 57:5 Or wadis
  5. Isaiah 57:6 I.e. symbols of fertility gods
  6. Isaiah 57:6 Or wadi
  7. Isaiah 57:6 Lit they, they
  8. Isaiah 57:6 Or repent
  9. Isaiah 57:8 Or lying down
  10. Isaiah 57:8 Lit hand
  11. Isaiah 57:9 I.e. the nether world
  12. Isaiah 57:10 Lit the life of your hand
  13. Isaiah 57:10 Or become sick
  14. Isaiah 57:11 Lit You did not set it upon your heart
  15. Isaiah 57:15 Or dwells in eternity
  16. Isaiah 57:19 Lit fruit of the lips

Cross references

  1. Isaiah 57:1 : Is 42:25; 47:7
  2. Isaiah 57:1 : 2 Kin 22:20; Is 47:11; Jer 18:11
  3. Isaiah 57:2 : Is 26:7
  4. Isaiah 57:3 : Mal 3:5
  5. Isaiah 57:3 : Is 1:4; Matt 16:4
  6. Isaiah 57:3 : Is 1:21; 57:7-9
  7. Isaiah 57:4 : Is 48:8
  8. Isaiah 57:5 : Is 1:29
  9. Isaiah 57:5 : 2 Kin 16:4; Jer 2:20; 3:13
  10. Isaiah 57:5 : 2 Kin 23:10; Ps 106:37, 38; Jer 7:31
  11. Isaiah 57:6 : Jer 3:9; Hab 2:19
  12. Isaiah 57:6 : Jer 7:18
  13. Isaiah 57:6 : Jer 5:9, 29; 9:9
  14. Isaiah 57:7 : Jer 3:6; Ezek 16:16
  15. Isaiah 57:7 : Ezek 23:41
  16. Isaiah 57:8 : Ezek 23:18
  17. Isaiah 57:9 : Ezek 23:16, 40
  18. Isaiah 57:10 : Jer 2:25; 18:12
  19. Isaiah 57:11 : Prov 29:25; Is 51:12, 13
  20. Isaiah 57:11 : Jer 2:32; 3:21
  21. Isaiah 57:11 : Ps 50:21; Is 42:14
  22. Isaiah 57:12 : Is 58:1, 2
  23. Isaiah 57:12 : Is 29:15; 59:6; 65:7; 66:18; Mic 3:2-4
  24. Isaiah 57:13 : Jer 22:20; 30:14
  25. Isaiah 57:13 : Ps 37:3, 9; Is 25:4
  26. Isaiah 57:13 : Is 49:8; 60:21
  27. Isaiah 57:13 : Is 65:9
  28. Isaiah 57:14 : Is 62:10; Jer 18:15
  29. Isaiah 57:15 : Is 52:13
  30. Isaiah 57:15 : Deut 33:27; Is 40:28
  31. Isaiah 57:15 : Is 33:5; 66:1
  32. Isaiah 57:15 : Ps 34:18; 51:17; Is 66:2
  33. Isaiah 57:15 : Ps 147:3; Is 61:1-3
  34. Isaiah 57:16 : Gen 6:3
  35. Isaiah 57:16 : Ps 85:5; 103:9; Mic 7:18
  36. Isaiah 57:16 : Is 42:5
  37. Isaiah 57:17 : Is 2:7; 56:11; Jer 6:13
  38. Isaiah 57:17 : Is 1:4; Jer 3:14, 22
  39. Isaiah 57:18 : Is 19:22; 30:26; 53:5
  40. Isaiah 57:18 : Is 52:12
  41. Isaiah 57:18 : Is 61:1-3
  42. Isaiah 57:19 : Is 6:7; 51:16; 59:21; Heb 13:15
  43. Isaiah 57:19 : Is 26:12; 32:17
  44. Isaiah 57:19 : Acts 2:39; Eph 2:17
  45. Isaiah 57:20 : Job 18:5-14; Is 3:9, 11
  46. Isaiah 57:21 : Is 48:22; 59:8
  47. Isaiah 57:21 : Is 49:4

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