Isaiah 57:14-21

New King James Version

¹⁵ For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, ^(B)whose name is Holy:
^(C)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
^(D)With him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
^(E)To revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
^16 (F)For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For the spirit would fail before Me,
And the souls ^(G)which I have made.
¹⁷ For the iniquity of ^(H)his covetousness
I was angry and struck him;
^(I)I hid and was angry,
^(J)And he went on ^[a]backsliding in the way of his heart.
¹⁸ I have seen his ways, and ^(K)will heal him;
I will also lead him,
And restore comforts to him
And to ^(L)his mourners.

¹⁹ “I create ^(M)the fruit of the lips:
Peace, peace ^(N)to him who is far off and to him who is near,”
Says the Lord,
“And I will heal him.”
^20 (O)But the wicked are like the troubled sea,
When it cannot rest,
Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

²¹ “There^(P) is no peace,”
Says my God, “for the wicked.”