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Apoteichisis

The Old Testament

Isaiah 57

ΗΣΑΪΑΣ · 57

Brenton 57:1

See how the just man has perished, and no one lays it to heart: and righteous men are taken away, and no one considers: for the righteous has been removed out of the way of injustice.

Brenton 57:2

His burial shall be in peace: he has been removed out of the way.

Brenton 57:3

But draw ye near hither, ye lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.

Brenton 57:4

Wherein have ye been rioting? and against whom have ye opened your mouth, and against whom have ye loosed your tongue? are ye not children of perdition? a lawless seed?

Brenton 57:5

who call upon idols under the leafy trees, slaying your children in the valleys among the rocks?

Source notes (1)
  • Gr. their.
Brenton 57:6

That is thy portion, this is thy lot: and to them hast thou poured forth drink-offerings, and to these hast thou offered meat-offerings. Shall I not therefore be angry for these things?

Brenton 57:7

On a lofty and high mountain, there is thy bed, and thither thou carriedst up thy meat-offerings:

Brenton 57:8

and behind the posts of thy door thou didst place thy memorials. Didst thou think that if thou shouldest depart from me, thou wouldest gain? thou hast loved those that lay with thee;

Brenton 57:9

and thou hast multiplied thy whoredom with them, and thou hast increased the number of them that are far from thee, and hast sent ambassadors beyond thy borders, and hast been debased even to hell.

Brenton 57:10

Thou hast wearied thyself with thy many ways; yet thou saidst not, I will cease to strengthen myself: for thou hast done these things; therefore thou hast not supplicated me.

Brenton 57:11

Through dread of whom hast thou feared, and lied against me, and hast not remembered, nor considered me, nor regarded me, yea, though when I see thee I pass thee by, yet thou hast not feared me.

Source notes (1)
  • Gr. taken me into thy mind, not into thine heart.
Brenton 57:12

And I will declare thy righteousness, and thy sins, which shall not profit thee.

Brenton 57:13

When thou criest out, let them deliver thee in thine affliction: for all these the wind shall take, and the tempest shall carry them away: but they that cleave to me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.

Brenton 57:14

And they shall say, Clear the ways before him, and take up the stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people.

Source notes (1)
  • Lit. purge.
Brenton 57:15

Thus saith the Most High, who dwells on high for ever, Holy in the holies, is his name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted:

Source notes (1)
  • Or, Most Holy.
Brenton 57:16

I will not take vengeance on you for ever, neither will I be always angry with you: for my Spirit shall go forth from me, and I have created all breath.

Brenton 57:17

On account of sin for a little while I grieved him, and smote him, and turned away my face from him; and he was grieved, and he went on sorrowful in his ways.

Brenton 57:18

I have seen his ways, and healed him, and comforted him, and given him true comfort;

Brenton 57:19

peace upon peace to them that are far off, and to them that are nigh: and the Lord has said, I will heal them.

Brenton 57:20

But the unrighteous shall be tossed as troubled waves, and shall not be able to rest.

Brenton 57:21

There is no joy to the ungodly, said God.

Source notes (1)
  • See chap 48. 22.

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