Isaiah 57 - New International Version (NIV)

57 The righteous perish,(A)
and no one takes it to heart;(B)
the devout are taken away,
and no one understands
that the righteous are taken away
to be spared from evil.(C)
2 Those who walk uprightly(D)
enter into peace;
they find rest(E) as they lie in death.

3 “But you—come here, you children of a sorceress,(F)
you offspring of adulterers(G) and prostitutes!(H)
4 Who are you mocking?
At whom do you sneer
and stick out your tongue?
Are you not a brood of rebels,(I)
the offspring of liars?
5 You burn with lust among the oaks(J)
and under every spreading tree;(K)
you sacrifice your children(L) in the ravines
and under the overhanging crags.
6 The idols(M) among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion;
indeed, they are your lot.
Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings(N)
and offered grain offerings.
In view of all this, should I relent?(O)
7 You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill;(P)
there you went up to offer your sacrifices.(Q)
8 Behind your doors and your doorposts
you have put your pagan symbols.
Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed,
you climbed into it and opened it wide;
you made a pact with those whose beds you love,(R)
and you looked with lust on their naked bodies.(S)
9 You went to Molek[a](T) with olive oil
and increased your perfumes.(U)
You sent your ambassadors[b](V) far away;
you descended to the very realm of the dead!(W)
10 You wearied(X) yourself by such going about,
but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’(Y)
You found renewal of your strength,(Z)
and so you did not faint.

11 “Whom have you so dreaded and feared(AA)
that you have not been true to me,
and have neither remembered(AB) me
nor taken this to heart?(AC)
Is it not because I have long been silent(AD)
that you do not fear me?
12 I will expose your righteousness and your works,(AE)
and they will not benefit you.
13 When you cry out(AF) for help,
let your collection of idols save(AG) you!
The wind will carry all of them off,
a mere breath will blow(AH) them away.
But whoever takes refuge(AI) in me
will inherit the land(AJ)
and possess my holy mountain.”(AK)

Comfort for the Contrite

14 And it will be said:

“Build up, build up, prepare the road!(AL)
Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.”(AM)
15 For this is what the high and exalted(AN) One says—
he who lives forever,(AO) whose name is holy:
“I live in a high(AP) and holy place,
but also with the one who is contrite(AQ) and lowly in spirit,(AR)
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and to revive the heart of the contrite.(AS)
16 I will not accuse(AT) them forever,
nor will I always be angry,(AU)
for then they would faint away because of me—
the very people(AV) I have created.
17 I was enraged by their sinful greed;(AW)
I punished them, and hid(AX) my face in anger,
yet they kept on in their willful ways.(AY)
18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal(AZ) them;
I will guide(BA) them and restore comfort(BB) to Israel’s mourners,
19 creating praise on their lips.(BC)
Peace, peace,(BD) to those far and near,”(BE)
says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”
20 But the wicked(BF) are like the tossing sea,(BG)
which cannot rest,
whose waves cast up mire(BH) and mud.
21 “There is no peace,”(BI) says my God, “for the wicked.”(BJ)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:9 Or to the king
  2. Isaiah 57:9 Or idols

Cross references

  1. Isaiah 57:1 : S Ps 12:1; Eze 21:3
  2. Isaiah 57:1 : S Isa 42:25
  3. Isaiah 57:1 : S 2Ki 22:20
  4. Isaiah 57:2 : Isa 26:7
  5. Isaiah 57:2 : Da 12:13
  6. Isaiah 57:3 : S Ex 22:18; Mal 3:5
  7. Isaiah 57:3 : ver 7-8; Mt 16:4; Jas 4:4
  8. Isaiah 57:3 : Isa 1:21; Jer 2:20
  9. Isaiah 57:4 : S Isa 1:2
  10. Isaiah 57:5 : S Isa 1:29
  11. Isaiah 57:5 : S Dt 12:2; 2Ki 16:4
  12. Isaiah 57:5 : S Lev 18:21; S Dt 18:10; Ps 106:37-38; Eze 16:20
  13. Isaiah 57:6 : S 2Ki 17:10; Jer 3:9; Hab 2:19
  14. Isaiah 57:6 : Jer 7:18; 19:13; 44:18
  15. Isaiah 57:6 : Jer 5:9, 29; 9:9
  16. Isaiah 57:7 : Jer 3:6; Eze 6:3; 16:16; 20:29
  17. Isaiah 57:7 : Isa 65:7; Jer 13:27; Eze 6:13; 20:27-28
  18. Isaiah 57:8 : Eze 16:26; 23:7
  19. Isaiah 57:8 : Eze 16:15, 36; 23:18
  20. Isaiah 57:9 : S Lev 18:21; S 1Ki 11:5
  21. Isaiah 57:9 : S SS 4:10
  22. Isaiah 57:9 : Eze 23:16, 40
  23. Isaiah 57:9 : S Isa 8:19
  24. Isaiah 57:10 : S Isa 47:13
  25. Isaiah 57:10 : Jer 2:25; 18:12; Mal 3:14
  26. Isaiah 57:10 : S 1Sa 2:4
  27. Isaiah 57:11 : S 2Ki 1:15; Pr 29:25; Isa 7:2
  28. Isaiah 57:11 : S Isa 17:10; Jer 2:32; 3:21; 13:25; 18:15; Eze 22:12
  29. Isaiah 57:11 : S Isa 42:23
  30. Isaiah 57:11 : S Est 4:14; S Ps 50:21; S 83:1
  31. Isaiah 57:12 : Isa 29:15; 58:1; 59:6, 12; 65:7; 66:18; Eze 16:2; Mic 3:2-4, 8
  32. Isaiah 57:13 : Jer 22:20; 30:15
  33. Isaiah 57:13 : S Jdg 10:14
  34. Isaiah 57:13 : Isa 40:7, 24
  35. Isaiah 57:13 : S Ps 118:8
  36. Isaiah 57:13 : S Ps 37:9
  37. Isaiah 57:13 : Isa 2:2-3; 56:7; 65:9-11
  38. Isaiah 57:14 : S Isa 11:16
  39. Isaiah 57:14 : Isa 62:10; Jer 18:15
  40. Isaiah 57:15 : S Isa 52:13
  41. Isaiah 57:15 : S Dt 33:27; S Ps 90:2
  42. Isaiah 57:15 : S Job 16:19
  43. Isaiah 57:15 : Ps 147:3
  44. Isaiah 57:15 : Ps 34:18; 51:17; Isa 66:2; Mic 6:8; Mt 5:3
  45. Isaiah 57:15 : S 2Ki 22:19; S Job 5:18; S Mt 23:12
  46. Isaiah 57:16 : S Ps 50:21; Isa 3:13-14
  47. Isaiah 57:16 : S Ps 103:9; S Isa 54:9
  48. Isaiah 57:16 : S Ge 2:7; Zec 12:1
  49. Isaiah 57:17 : S Isa 56:11; Jer 8:10
  50. Isaiah 57:17 : S Isa 1:15
  51. Isaiah 57:17 : Isa 1:4; S 30:15; S 53:6; 66:3
  52. Isaiah 57:18 : S Dt 32:39; S 2Ch 7:14; S Isa 30:26
  53. Isaiah 57:18 : S Ps 48:14; S Isa 42:16; S 48:17
  54. Isaiah 57:18 : Isa 49:13; 61:1-3
  55. Isaiah 57:19 : Isa 6:7; 51:16; 59:21; Heb 13:15
  56. Isaiah 57:19 : S Isa 2:4; 26:3, 12; 32:17; S Lk 2:14
  57. Isaiah 57:19 : Ac 2:39
  58. Isaiah 57:20 : Job 18:5-21
  59. Isaiah 57:20 : S Ge 49:4; Eph 4:14; Jude 1:13
  60. Isaiah 57:20 : Ps 69:14
  61. Isaiah 57:21 : S Isa 26:3; 59:8; Eze 13:16
  62. Isaiah 57:21 : S Isa 48:22

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