Isaiah 57:1-2

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Israel’s Futile Idolatry

57 The righteous perish,
    and no one takes it to heart;
the devout are taken away,
    while no one understands.
For the righteous are taken away from calamity,
²    and they enter into peace;
those who walk uprightly
    will rest on their couches.

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