Verse 20
Isaiah 57:20
World English Bible, British Edition
20
But the wicked are like the troubled sea;
for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָ/רְשָׁעִ֖ים כַּ/יָּ֣ם נִגְרָ֑שׁ כִּ֤י הַשְׁקֵט֙ לֹ֣א יוּכָ֔ל וַ/יִּגְרְשׁ֥וּ מֵימָ֖י/ו רֶ֥פֶשׁ וָ/טִֽיט
English Translation
And the wicked will be driven away like the sea; for the turbulent will not be able, and they will be cast out from its waters, refuse and mire.
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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...
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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.
21
“There is no peace”, says my God (Elohim),
“for the wicked.”
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