Verse 1
Isaiah 57:1
World English Bible, British Edition
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The righteous perish,
and no one lays it to heart.
Merciful men are taken away,
and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַ/צַּדִּ֣יק אָבָ֔ד וְ/אֵ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ שָׂ֣ם עַל לֵ֑ב וְ/אַנְשֵׁי חֶ֤סֶד נֶֽאֱסָפִים֙ בְּ/אֵ֣ין מֵבִ֔ין כִּֽי מִ/פְּנֵ֥י הָ/רָעָ֖ה נֶאֱסַ֥ף הַ/צַּדִּֽיק
English Translation
The righteous has perished, and no one lays it to heart; and merciful men are gathered, without understanding that because of the evil, the righteous is gathered.
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Chapter 57 Context
1
The righteous perish,
and no one lays it to heart.
Merciful men are taken away,
and no one considers...
2
He enters into peace.
They rest in their beds,
each one who walks in his uprightness.
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3
“But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress,
you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes.
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4
Whom do you mock?
Against whom do you make a wide mouth
and stick out your tongue?
Aren’t you childr...
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5
you who inflame yourselves amongst the oaks,
under every green tree;
who kill the children in the va...
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6
Amongst the smooth stones of the valley is your portion.
They, they are your lot.
You have even pour...
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7
On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed.
You also went up there to offer sacrifice.
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8
You have set up your memorial behind the doors and the posts,
for you have exposed yourself to someo...
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9
You went to the king with oil,
increased your perfumes,
sent your ambassadors far off,
and degraded...
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10
You were wearied with the length of your ways;
yet you didn’t say, ‘It is in vain.’
You found a revi...
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11
“Whom have you dreaded and feared,
so that you lie,
and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your...
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12
I will declare your righteousness;
and as for your works, they will not benefit you.
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13
When you cry,
let those whom you have gathered deliver you,
but the wind will take them.
A breath wi...
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14
He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way!
Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my p...
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15
For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity,
whose name is Holy, says:
“I dwell in the high and...
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16
For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry;
for the spirit would faint before me...
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17
I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness and
struck him.
I hid myself and was angry;...
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18
I have seen his ways, and will heal him.
I will lead him also,
and restore comforts to him and to hi...
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19
I create the fruit of the lips:
Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,”
says th...
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20
But the wicked are like the troubled sea;
for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.
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21
“There is no peace”, says my God (Elohim),
“for the wicked.”
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