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          DASV: Isaiah 57    

1 "The righteous perishes, and no one takes it to heart;
     the devout are taken away, with no one giving it a thought;
     the righteous are taken away sparing them from the evil to come.
2 Such a one enters into peace;
     those who walk in uprightness rest on their death beds.

3 But come here, you sons of a sorceress,
     the offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.
4 At whom are you making fun?
     At whom are you making faces,
           and sticking out your tongue?
      Are you not children of sin,
          an offspring of liars,
5 you who are inflamed with lust among the oaks,
     under every green tree;
      who slay children in the valleys
     under the rocky cliffs?
6 Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion;
          they, they are the gods you have chosen.
      To them you have poured out a drink offering,
          you have offered a grain offering.
     Should I be appeased with these things going on?
7 Upon a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed;
     that's where you went up to offer sacrifices.
8 Behind the doors and the posts you have set up your memorial;
     deserting me you have exposed yourself
           and jumped into bed with them.
      You have expanded your bed,
           and made a covenant with them;
     you loved their bed
      and to gaze on their nakedness.
9 You went to Molech with olive oil,
          and increased your perfumes.
      You sent your ambassadors far off,
          and sent them even down into Sheol.
10 You were wearied by the length of your journey;
     yet you never said,
     "It is worthless."
      Instead you are energized;
     therefore you do not faint.

11 Whom were you afraid of and in fear of
     so that you lied,
      and have not remembered me,
     or give me a thought?
      Was it because I held my peace for a long time
          that you do not fear me?
12 I will expose your "righteousness;"
     as for your works, they will not help you.
13 When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you;
     but the wind will blow them away,
           a breath will carry them all away.
     But the one who takes refuge in me will possess the land,
           and will inherit my holy mountain.

14 He will say,
     "Build up, build up, prepare the way,
           remove the stumbling blocks out of the way of my people."
15 For this is what the high and lofty One says,
      who inhabits eternity,
      whose name is Holy:
      "I live in the high and holy place,
     with the contrite and humble of spirit,
           to revive the spirit of the humble,
     and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 For I will not make accusations forever,
     nor will I always be angry;
      for then they would expire before me,
     even the breath of life that I have made.
17 I was angry because of their unjust greed,
          and struck them;
     I hid my face in anger,
          yet they kept turning back to the way of their own hearts.
18 I have seen their ways,
     but I will heal.
      I will lead him,
     and restore comfort to those who mourn,
19 creating praise on their lips.
      Peace, peace, to those who are far off
     and to those who are near,"
                says the LORD,
      "and I will heal them."
20 But the wicked are like the raging sea;
     for it cannot rest,
     and its waters churn up muck and mire.
21 "There is no peace," says my God,
      "for the wicked."

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