Isaiah 57:14-21

International Standard Version

¹⁵ “For this is what the high and lofty One says,
    who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
“He lives^[c] in the height and in holiness,^[d]
    and also with the one who is of a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble,
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.
¹⁶ For I won’t accuse forever,
    nor will I always be angry;
for then the human spirit would grow faint before me—
    even the souls that I have created.
¹⁷ Because of his wicked greed I was angry,
    so I punished him;
and^[e] I hid my face, and was angry—
    but he kept turning back to his stubborn will.^[f]
18 I’ve seen his ways,^[g] yet I will heal him,^[h]
    and restore for him^[i] comfort^[j] to him
        and for those who mourn for him^[k]
19 when^[l] I create the fruit of the lips:
    Peace^[m] to the one who is far away or near,” says the Lord,
        “and I’ll heal him.
²⁰ But the wicked are tossed like the sea;^[n]
    for it is not able to^[o] keep still,
        and its waters toss up mire and mud.

²¹ “Yet^[p] there is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”