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14 He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way!
    Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”
15 For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity,
    whose name is Holy, says:
“I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit,
    to revive the spirit of the humble,
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry;
    for the spirit would faint before me,
    and the souls whom I have made.
17 I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness and struck him.
    I hid myself and was angry;
    and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him.
    I will lead him also,
    and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
19 I create the fruit of the lips:
    Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,”
    says Yahweh; “and I will heal them.”
20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea;
    for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.
21 “There is no peace”, says my God,
    “for the wicked.”

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14 And one has said:[a]
    ‘Build up! Build up the road![b]
        Prepare the highway!
Remove every obstacle from my people’s way.’

15 “For this is what the high and lofty One says,
    who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
“He lives[c] in the height and in holiness,[d]
    and also with the one who is of a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble,
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 For I won’t accuse forever,
    nor will I always be angry;
for then the human spirit would grow faint before me—
    even the souls that I have created.
17 Because of his wicked greed I was angry,
    so I punished him;
and[e] I hid my face, and was angry—
    but he kept turning back to his stubborn will.[f]
18 I’ve seen his ways,[g] yet I will heal him,[h]
    and restore for him[i] comfort[j] to him
        and for those who mourn for him[k]
19 when[l] I create the fruit of the lips:
    Peace[m] to the one who is far away or near,” says the Lord,
        “and I’ll heal him.
20 But the wicked are tossed like the sea;[n]
    for it is not able to[o] keep still,
        and its waters toss up mire and mud.

21 “Yet[p] there is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:14 So 1QIsaa; MT reads one will say; or I will say; LXX reads they will say
  2. Isaiah 57:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks the road
  3. Isaiah 57:15 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; MT reads I live
  4. Isaiah 57:15 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read in the high and holy place
  5. Isaiah 57:17 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad LXX; 1QIsab MT lack and
  6. Isaiah 57:17 Lit. into the way of his heart
  7. Isaiah 57:18 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsad reads way
  8. Isaiah 57:18 So 1QIsaa; MT reads him, and I will guide him; LXX reads him, and I will exhort him
  9. Isaiah 57:18 So 1QIsaa; the reading is probably an error: MT LXX lack for him
  10. Isaiah 57:18 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT use different but related words
  11. Isaiah 57:18 Lit. for his mourners
  12. Isaiah 57:19 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsad MT lack when
  13. Isaiah 57:19 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read Peace, peace cf. LXX
  14. Isaiah 57:20 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsad MT read are like the tossing sea
  15. Isaiah 57:20 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT lack able to
  16. Isaiah 57:21 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack Yet