Isaiah 57:14-21

English Standard Version

¹⁴ And it shall be said,
^(A)“Build up, build up, prepare the way,
    remove every obstruction from my people's way.”
¹⁵ For thus says ^(B)the One who is high and lifted up,
    who inhabits eternity, whose name is ^(C)Holy:
^(D)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
    and also ^(E)with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
^(F)to revive the spirit of the lowly,
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.
^16 (G)For I will not contend forever,
    nor will I always be angry;
for the spirit would grow faint before me,
    and the breath of life that I made.
¹⁷ Because of the iniquity of his ^(H)unjust gain I was angry,
    I struck him; I hid my face and was angry,
    but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.
¹⁸ I have seen his ways, ^(I)but I will heal him;
    I will lead him ^(J)and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
^{19     (K)}creating ^(L)the fruit of the lips.
^(M)Peace, peace, ^(N)to the far and to the near,” says the Lord,
    ^(O)“and I will heal him.
^20 (P)But the wicked are like the tossing sea;
    for it cannot be quiet,
    and its waters toss up mire and dirt.
^21 (Q)There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”