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57 The righteous perish,
    and no one lays it to heart.
Merciful men are taken away,
    and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.
He enters into peace.
    They rest in their beds,
    each one who walks in his uprightness.

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Israel’s Idolatry

57 “Also[a] the righteous are perishing,[b]
    but no one takes it to heart;
devout people[c] are taken away,
    while no one understands
        that the righteous person is taken away from calamity.
Then[d] he enters into peace,
    and[e] they’ll rest on his[f] couches,
        each one living righteously.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT lacks Also; cf. LXX
  2. Isaiah 57:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read righteous person has perished
  3. Isaiah 57:1 Lit. people of the mercy; so 1QIsaa MT reads people of mercy; LXX reads just men
  4. Isaiah 57:2 Or and; so 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack Then
  5. Isaiah 57:2 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks and
  6. Isaiah 57:2 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read their
  7. Isaiah 57:2 Lit. one walking in his uprightness; so 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT reads her uprightness