Isaiah 57:14-21
Modern English Version
Healing for the Contrite
14 And it shall be said,
“Build up, build up, prepare the way,
take up every stumbling block out of the way of My people.”
15 For thus says the High and Lofty One
who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
I dwell in the high and holy place
and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble,
and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
16 For I will not contend forever,
nor will I always be angry;
for the spirit would grow faint before Me,
and the souls whom I have made.
17 For the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry and struck him;
I hid My face and was wrathful,
and he went on turning away in the way of his heart.
18 I have seen his ways but will heal him;
I will lead him and restore comfort to him and to his mourners,
19 by creating the fruit of the lips.
Peace, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near,
says the Lord, and I will heal him.
20 But the wicked are like the troubled
sea when it cannot rest,
whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
21 There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked.
Isaiah 57:14-21
Lexham English Bible
Peace for the Contrite
14 And one shall say, “Build up, build up! Clear the way!
Remove the obstacles[a] from the way of my people!”
15 For thus says the high and lofty one who resides forever, and whose name is holy:
“I reside in a high and holy place,
and with the contrite[b] and humble of spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.[c]
16 For I will not attack forever,
and I will not be angry forever,
for the spirit will grow faint before me,
and the breaths that I myself I have made.
17 I was angry because of his sin of gain, and I struck him;
I hid and I was angry, but[d] he walked apostate, in the ways[e] of his heart.
18 I have seen his ways, but[f] I will heal him;
and I will lead him and give him and his mourners comfort as a recompense,
19 creating fruit of lips.
Peace, peace to the far and near,” says Yahweh, “and I will heal him.
20 But[g] the wicked are like the churning sea,
that is not able to keep quiet,
and its waters toss up mire and mud.
21 There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 57:14 Hebrew “obstacle”
- Isaiah 57:15 Literally “crushed”
- Isaiah 57:15 Literally “crushed”
- Isaiah 57:17 Or “and”
- Isaiah 57:17 Hebrew “way”
- Isaiah 57:18 Or “and”
- Isaiah 57:20 Or “And”
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