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”
Isaiah 57:14-21
New King James Version
Healing for the Backslider
14 And one shall say,
(A)“Heap it up! Heap it up!
Prepare the way,
Take the stumbling block out of the way of My people.”
15 For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, (B)whose name is Holy:
(C)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
(D)With him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
(E)To revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
16 (F)For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For the spirit would fail before Me,
And the souls (G)which I have made.
17 For the iniquity of (H)his covetousness
I was angry and struck him;
(I)I hid and was angry,
(J)And he went on [a]backsliding in the way of his heart.
18 I have seen his ways, and (K)will heal him;
I will also lead him,
And restore comforts to him
And to (L)his mourners.
19 “I create (M)the fruit of the lips:
Peace, peace (N)to him who is far off and to him who is near,”
Says the Lord,
“And I will heal him.”
20 (O)But the wicked are like the troubled sea,
When it cannot rest,
Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
21 “There(P) is no peace,”
Says my God, “for the wicked.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 57:17 Or turning back
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