Isa.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.
Isa.57.1
Meanwhile, right-living people die and no one gives them a thought. God-fearing people are carted off and no one even notices. The right-living people are out of their misery, they're finally at rest.
Isa.57.1
The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.
Isa.57.1
The righteous perishes, And no man takes it to heart; Merciful men are taken away, While no one considers That the righteous is taken away from evil.
Isa.57.1
The righteous pass away; the godly often die before their time. And no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the evil to come.
Isa.57.2
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
Isa.57.2
They lived well and with dignity and now they're finally at peace. [JC]
Isa.57.2
Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.
Isa.57.2
He shall enter into peace; They shall rest in their beds, Each one walking in his uprightness.
Isa.57.2
For the godly who die will rest in peace.
Isa.57.3
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Isa.57.3
"But you, children of a witch, come here! Sons of a slut, daughters of a whore.
Isa.57.3
"But you-come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
Isa.57.3
"But come here, You sons of the sorceress, You offspring of the adulterer and the harlot!
Isa.57.3
"But you--come here, you witches' children, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
Isa.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,
Isa.57.4
What business do you have taunting, sneering, and sticking out your tongue? Do you have any idea what wretches you've turned out to be? A race of rebels, a generation of liars.
Isa.57.4
Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not a brood of rebels, the offspring of liars?
Isa.57.4
Whom do you ridicule? Against whom do you make a wide mouth And stick out the tongue? Are you not children of transgression, Offspring of falsehood,
Isa.57.4
Whom do you mock, making faces and sticking out your tongues? You children of sinners and liars!
Isa.57.5
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
Isa.57.5
You satisfy your lust any place you find some shade and fornicate at whim. You kill your children at any convenient spot--any cave or crevasse will do.
Isa.57.5
You burn with lust among the oaks and under every spreading tree; you sacrifice your children in the ravines and under the overhanging crags.
Isa.57.5
Inflaming yourselves with gods under every green tree, Slaying the children in the valleys, Under the clefts of the rocks?
Isa.57.5
You worship your idols with great passion beneath every green tree. You slaughter your children as human sacrifices down in the valleys, under overhanging rocks.
Isa.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?
Isa.57.6
You take stones from the creek and set up your sex-and-religion shrines. You've chosen your fate. Your worship will be your doom.
Isa.57.6
The idols among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion; they, they are your lot. Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings and offered grain offerings. In the light of these things, should I relent?
Isa.57.6
Among the smooth stones of the stream Is your portion; They, they, are your lot! Even to them you have poured a drink offering, You have offered a grain offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
Isa.57.6
Your gods are the smooth stones in the valleys. You worship them with drink offerings and grain offerings. They, not I, are your inheritance. Does all this make me happy?
Isa.57.7
Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
Isa.57.7
You've climbed a high mountain to practice your foul sex-and-death religion.
Isa.57.7
You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill; there you went up to offer your sacrifices.
Isa.57.7
"On a lofty and high mountain You have set your bed; Even there you went up To offer sacrifice.
Isa.57.7
You have committed adultery on the mountaintops by worshiping idols there, and so you have been unfaithful to me.
Isa.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.
Isa.57.8
Behind closed doors you assemble your precious gods and goddesses. Deserting me, you've gone all out, stripped down and made your bed your place of worship. You've climbed into bed with the "sacred' whores and loved every minute of it, adoring every curve of their naked bodies.
Isa.57.8
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, and you looked on their nakedness.
Isa.57.8
Also behind the doors and their posts You have set up your remembrance; For you have uncovered yourself to those other than Me, And have gone up to them; You have enlarged your bed And made a covenant with them; You have loved their bed, Where you saw their nudity.
Isa.57.8
Behind closed doors, you have set up your idols and worship them instead of me. This is adultery, for you are loving these idols instead of loving me. You have climbed right into bed with these detestable gods.
Isa.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.
Isa.57.9
You anoint your king-god with ointments and lavish perfumes on yourselves. You send scouts to search out the latest in religion, send them all the way to hell and back.
Isa.57.9
You went to Molech with olive oil and increased your perfumes. You sent your ambassadors far away; you descended to the grave itself!
Isa.57.9
You went to the king with ointment, And increased your perfumes; You sent your messengers far off, And even descended to Sheol.
Isa.57.9
You have given olive oil and perfume to Molech as your gift. You have traveled far, even into the world of the dead, to find new gods to love.
Isa.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.
Isa.57.10
You wear yourselves out trying the new and the different, and never see what a waste it all is. You've always found strength for the latest fad, never got tired of trying new religions.
Isa.57.10
You were wearied by all your ways, but you would not say, 'It is hopeless.' You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not faint.
Isa.57.10
You are wearied in the length of your way; Yet you did not say, "There is no hope.' You have found the life of your hand; Therefore you were not grieved.
Isa.57.10
You grew weary in your search, but you never gave up. You strengthened yourself and went on.
Isa.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?
Isa.57.11
"Who talked you into the pursuit of this nonsense, leaving me high and dry, forgetting you ever knew me? Because I don't yell and make a scene do you think I don't exist?
Isa.57.11
"Whom have you so dreaded and feared that you have been false to me, and have neither remembered me nor pondered this in your hearts? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me?
Isa.57.11
"And of whom have you been afraid, or feared, That you have lied And not remembered Me, Nor taken it to your heart? Is it not because I have held My peace from of old That you do not fear Me?
Isa.57.11
Why were you more afraid of them than of me? How is it that you don't even remember me or think about me? Is it because I have not corrected you that you have no fear of me?
Isa.57.12
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
Isa.57.12
I'll go over, detail by detail, all your "righteous' attempts at religion, and expose the absurdity of it all.
Isa.57.12
I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not benefit you.
Isa.57.12
I will declare your righteousness And your works, For they will not profit you.
Isa.57.12
"Now I will expose your so-called good deeds that you consider so righteous. None of them will benefit or save you.
Isa.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;
Isa.57.13
Go ahead, cry for help to your collection of no-gods: A good wind will blow them away. They're smoke, nothing but smoke. "But anyone who runs to me for help will inherit the land, will end up owning my holy mountain!" [JC]
Isa.57.13
When you cry out for help, let your collection of idols save you! The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But the man who makes me his refuge will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain."
Isa.57.13
When you cry out, Let your collection of idols deliver you. But the wind will carry them all away, A breath will take them. But he who puts his trust in Me shall possess the land, And shall inherit My holy mountain."
Isa.57.13
Let's see if your idols can do anything for you when you cry to them for help. They are so helpless that a breath of wind can knock them down! But whoever trusts in me will possess the land and inherit my holy mountain.
Isa.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.
Isa.57.14
Someone says: "Build, build! Make a road! Clear the way, remove the rocks from the road my people will travel."
Isa.57.14
And it will be said: "Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people."
Isa.57.14
And one shall say, "Heap it up! Heap it up! Prepare the way, Take the stumbling block out of the way of My people."
Isa.57.14
I will say, `Rebuild the road! Clear away the rocks and stones so my people can return from captivity.'"
Isa.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.
Isa.57.15
A Message from the high and towering God, who lives in Eternity, whose name is Holy: "I live in the high and holy places, but also with the low-spirited, the spirit--crushed, And what I do is put new spirit in them, get them up and on their feet again.
Isa.57.15
For this is what the high and lofty One says- he who lives forever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Isa.57.15
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 who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Isa.57.15
The high and lofty one who inhabits eternity, the Holy One, says this: "I live in that high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I refresh the humble and give new courage to those with repentant hearts.
Isa.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.
Isa.57.16
For I'm not going to haul people into court endlessly, I'm not going to be angry forever. Otherwise, people would lose heart. These souls I created would tire out and give up.
Isa.57.16
I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit of man would grow faint before me- the breath of man that I have created.
Isa.57.16
For I will not contend forever, Nor will I always be angry; For the spirit would fail before Me, And the souls which I have made.
Isa.57.16
For I will not fight against you forever; I will not always show my anger. If I did, all people would pass away--all the souls I have made.
Isa.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.
Isa.57.17
I was angry, good and angry, because of Israel's sins. I struck him hard and turned away in anger, while he kept at his stubborn, willful ways.
Isa.57.17
I was enraged by his sinful greed; I punished him, and hid my face in anger, yet he kept on in his willful ways.
Isa.57.17
For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry and struck him; I hid and was angry, And he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
Isa.57.17
I was angry and punished these greedy people. I withdrew myself from them, but they went right on sinning.
Isa.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.
Isa.57.18
When I looked again and saw what he was doing, I decided to heal him, lead him, and comfort him, creating a new language of praise for the mourners.
Isa.57.18
I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him,
Isa.57.18
I have seen his ways, and will heal him; I will also lead him, And restore comforts to him And to his mourners.
Isa.57.18
I have seen what they do, but I will heal them anyway! I will lead them and comfort those who mourn.
Isa.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.
Isa.57.19
Peace to the far-off, peace to the near--at-hand," says GOD- "and yes, I will heal them.
Isa.57.19
creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel. Peace, peace, to those far and near," says the LORD. "And I will heal them."
Isa.57.19
"I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near," Says the LORD, "And I will heal him."
Isa.57.19
Then words of praise will be on their lips. May they have peace, both near and far, for I will heal them all," says the LORD.
Isa.57.20
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Isa.57.20
But the wicked are storm-battered seas that can't quiet down. The waves stir up garbage and mud.
Isa.57.20
But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.
Isa.57.20
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, When it cannot rest, Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Isa.57.20
"But those who still reject me are like the restless sea. It is never still but continually churns up mire and dirt.
Isa.57.21
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Isa.57.21
There's no peace," God says, "for the wicked.
Isa.57.21
"There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
Isa.57.21
"There is no peace," Says my God, "for the wicked."
Isa.57.21
There is no peace for the wicked," says my God.
