Thematic Bible
Isaiah 57:1 (show verse)
But in the mean season the righteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in his heart. Good godly people are taken away, and no man considereth it. Namely, that the righteous is conveyed away through the wicked,
Isaiah 57:2 (show verse)
that he himself might be in rest, lie quietly upon his bed, and live after his own pleasure.
Isaiah 57:3 (show verse)
Come hither, therefore, ye charmer's children; ye sons of the adulterer and the whore.
Isaiah 57:4 (show verse)
Wherein take ye your pleasure? Upon whom gape ye with your mouth, and blear out your tongue? Are ye not children of adultery, and a seed of dissimulation?
Isaiah 57:5 (show verse)
Ye take your pleasure under the oaks, and under all green trees. And ye offer children in the valleys, and dens of stone.
Isaiah 57:6 (show verse)
Thy part shall be with the stony rocks by the river: Yea, even these shall be thy part. For there thou hast poured meat and drink offerings unto them. Should I delight in that?
Isaiah 57:7 (show verse)
Thou hast made thy bed upon high mountains; thou wentest up thither, and there hast thou slain sacrifices.
Isaiah 57:8 (show verse)
Behind the doors and posts, hast thou set up thy remembrance: When thou hast uncovered thyself to another than me, when thou wentest down and made thy bed wider, when thou didst carve the certain of yonder Idols, and lovedest their couches, where thou sawest them.
Isaiah 57:9 (show verse)
Thou wentest straight to kings with oil and divers ointments - that is, thou hast sent thy messengers far off, and yet art thou fallen into the pit thereby.
Isaiah 57:10 (show verse)
Thou hast had trouble for the multitude of thine own ways, yet saidest thou never, "I will leave off." Thou thinkest to have life of thyself, and therefore thou believest not that thou art sick.
Isaiah 57:11 (show verse)
For when wilt thou be abashed or fear, seeing thou hast broken thy promise, and rememberest not me, neither hast me in thine heart? Thinkest thou, that I also will hold my peace as afore time, that thou fearest me not?
Isaiah 57:12 (show verse)
Yea, verily, I will declare thy goodness and thy works, but they shall not profit thee.
Isaiah 57:13 (show verse)
When thou cryest, let thy chosen heap deliver thee. But the wind shall take them all away, and carry them into the air. Nevertheless, they that put their trust in me, shall inherit the land, and have my holy hill in possession.
Isaiah 57:14 (show verse)
And therefore thus he sayeth, "Make ready, make ready, and clean the street, take up what ye can out of the way that leadeth to my people."
Isaiah 57:15 (show verse)
For thus sayeth the high and excellent, even he that dwelleth in everlastingness, whose name is the holy one: I dwell high above and in the sanctuary, and with him also, that is of a contrite and humble spirit: that I may heal a troubled mind, and a contrite heart.
Isaiah 57:16 (show verse)
For I chide not ever, and am not wroth without end. But the blasting goeth from me, though I make the breath.
Isaiah 57:17 (show verse)
I am wroth with him for his covetousness and lust, I smite him, I hide me, and am angry, when he turneth himself, and followeth the byway of his own heart.
Isaiah 57:18 (show verse)
But if I may see his right way again, I make him whole, I lead him and restore him unto them whom he maketh joyful, and that were sorry for him.
Isaiah 57:19 (show verse)
I make the fruits of thanksgiving. I give peace unto them that are far off, and to them that are nigh, say I the LORD, that make him whole.
Isaiah 57:20 (show verse)
But the wicked are like the raging sea, that cannot rest; whose water foameth with the mire and gravel.
Isaiah 57:21 (show verse)
Even so the wicked have no peace, sayeth my God.