Isaiah 57

1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.
2 Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.
3 “But you—come here, you children of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
4 Who are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not a brood of rebels, the offspring of liars?
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.
6 The idols among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion; indeed, they are your lot. Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings and offered grain offerings. In view of all this, should I relent?
7 You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill; there you went up to offer your sacrifices.
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 with lust on their naked bodies.
9 You went to Molek[a] with olive oil and increased your perfumes. You sent your ambassadors[b] far away; you descended to the very realm of the dead!
10 You wearied yourself by such going about, but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’ You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not faint.
11 “Whom have you so dreaded and feared that you have not been true to me, and have neither remembered me nor taken this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me?
12 I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not benefit you.
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 whoever takes refuge in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.”

Comfort for the Contrite

14 And it will be said: “Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.”
15 For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 I will not accuse them forever, nor will I always be angry, for then they would faint away because of me— the very people I have created.
17 I was enraged by their sinful greed; I punished them, and hid my face in anger, yet they kept on in their willful ways.
18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel’s mourners,
19 creating praise on their lips. Peace, peace, to those far and near,” says the LORD. “And I will heal them.”
20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.
21 “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Cross References 62

  • 1. S Psalms 12:1; Ezekiel 21:3
  • 2. S Isaiah 42:25
  • 3. S 2 Kings 22:20
  • 4. Isaiah 26:7
  • 5. Daniel 12:13
  • 6. S Exodus 22:18; Malachi 3:5
  • 7. ver 7-8; Matthew 16:4; James 4:4
  • 8. Isaiah 1:21; Jeremiah 2:20
  • 9. S Isaiah 1:2
  • 10. S Isaiah 1:29
  • 11. S Deuteronomy 12:2; 2 Kings 16:4
  • 12. S Leviticus 18:21; S Deuteronomy 18:10; Psalms 106:37-38; Ezekiel 16:20
  • 13. S 2 Kings 17:10; Jeremiah 3:9; Habakkuk 2:19
  • 14. Jeremiah 7:18; Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 44:18
  • 15. Jeremiah 5:9,29; Jeremiah 9:9
  • 16. Jeremiah 3:6; Ezekiel 6:3; Ezekiel 16:16; Ezekiel 20:29
  • 17. Isaiah 65:7; Jeremiah 13:27; Ezekiel 6:13; Ezekiel 20:27-28
  • 18. Ezekiel 16:26; Ezekiel 23:7
  • 19. Ezekiel 16:15,36; Ezekiel 23:18
  • 20. S Leviticus 18:21; S 1 Kings 11:5
  • 21. S Song of Songs 4:10
  • 22. Ezekiel 23:16,40
  • 23. S Isaiah 8:19
  • 24. S Isaiah 47:13
  • 25. Jeremiah 2:25; Jeremiah 18:12; Malachi 3:14
  • 26. S 1 Samuel 2:4
  • 27. S 2 Kings 1:15; Proverbs 29:25; Isaiah 7:2
  • 28. S Isaiah 17:10; Jeremiah 2:32; Jeremiah 3:21; Jeremiah 13:25; Jeremiah 18:15; Ezekiel 22:12
  • 29. S Isaiah 42:23
  • 30. S Esther 4:14; S Psalms 50:21; S Psalms 83:1
  • 31. Isaiah 29:15; Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:6,12; Isaiah 65:7; Isaiah 66:18; Ezekiel 16:2; Mic 3:2-4,8
  • 32. Jeremiah 22:20; Jeremiah 30:15
  • 33. S Judges 10:14
  • 34. Isaiah 40:7,24
  • 35. S Psalms 118:8
  • 36. S Psalms 37:9
  • 37. Isaiah 2:2-3; Isaiah 56:7; Isaiah 65:9-11
  • 38. S Isaiah 11:16
  • 39. Isaiah 62:10; Jeremiah 18:15
  • 40. S Isaiah 52:13
  • 41. S Deuteronomy 33:27; S Psalms 90:2
  • 42. S Job 16:19
  • 43. Psalms 147:3
  • 44. Psalms 34:18; Psalms 51:17; Isaiah 66:2; Micah 6:8; Matthew 5:3
  • 45. S 2 Kings 22:19; S Job 5:18; S Matthew 23:12; Isaiah 61:1
  • 46. S Psalms 50:21; Isaiah 3:13-14
  • 47. S Psalms 85:5; Psalms 103:9; S Isaiah 54:9; Micah 7:18
  • 48. S Genesis 2:7; Zechariah 12:1
  • 49. S Isaiah 56:11; Jeremiah 8:10
  • 50. S Isaiah 1:15
  • 51. Isaiah 1:4; S Isaiah 30:15; S Isaiah 53:6; Isaiah 66:3
  • 52. S Deuteronomy 32:39; S 2 Chronicles 7:14; S Isaiah 30:26
  • 53. S Psalms 48:14; S Isaiah 42:16; S Isaiah 48:17
  • 54. Isaiah 49:13; Isaiah 61:1-3
  • 55. Isaiah 6:7; Isaiah 51:16; Isaiah 59:21; Hebrews 13:15
  • 56. S Isaiah 2:4; Isaiah 26:3,12; Isaiah 32:17; S Luke 2:14; Ephesians 2:17
  • 57. Acts 2:39
  • 58. Job 18:5-21
  • 59. S Genesis 49:4; Ephesians 4:14; Jude 1:13
  • 60. Psalms 69:14
  • 61. S Isaiah 26:3; Isaiah 59:8; Ezekiel 13:16
  • 62. S Isaiah 48:22

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Isaiah 57 Commentaries

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