Isaiah 57:15-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
15 For thus says the high and lofty one
who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
I dwell in the high and holy place
and also with those who are contrite and humble in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble
and to revive the heart of the contrite.(A)
16 For I will not continually accuse,
nor will I always be angry,
for then the spirits would grow faint before me,
even the souls that I have made.(B)
17 Because of their wicked covetousness I was angry;
I struck them; I hid and was angry,
but they kept turning back to their own ways.(C)
18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal them;
I will lead them and repay them with comfort,
19 creating for their mourners the fruit of the lips.[a]
Peace, peace, to the far and the near, says the Lord,
and I will heal them.(D)
20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea
that cannot keep still;
its waters toss up mire and mud.(E)
21 There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked.(F)
Footnotes
- 57.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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