nsb - Isaiah:56:9-57:13

nsb@Isaiah:56:9 @ Come, all you beasts of the field, come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!

nsb@Isaiah:56:10 @ Israels watchmen are blind. They all lack knowledge they are all mute dogs. They cannot bark. They just lie around and dream, they love to sleep.

nsb@Isaiah:56:11 @ They are dogs with mighty appetites. They never have enough! They are shepherds who lack understanding. They all turn to their own way and each one seeks dishonest gain.

nsb@Isaiah:56:12 @ »Come, each one cries, let me get wine! Let us drink our fill of beer! And tomorrow will be like today, or even far better.«

nsb@Isaiah:57:1 @ The righteous perishes and no man takes it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous is taken away from evil.

nsb@Isaiah:57:2 @ He will enter into peace. The honorable and honest will rest in his bed.

nsb@Isaiah:57:3 @ »But come here, you sons of the witch, you offspring of the adulterer and the prostitute!

nsb@Isaiah:57:4 @ With whom are you effeminate? With whom do you open wide your mouth and offer your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of falsehood and deceit?

nsb@Isaiah:57:5 @ Are you inflaming yourselves with gods under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

nsb@Isaiah:57:6 @ »Is your portion among the smooth stones of the stream? They indeed are your lot! Even to them you have poured a drink offering. You have offered a grain offering. Should this give me comfort?

nsb@Isaiah:57:7 @ »You placed your bed on a lofty and high mountain. Even there you went up to offer sacrifice.

nsb@Isaiah:57:8 @ »You ordained your memorial behind the doors and their posts. You revealed yourself to those other than me. You went to them. You enlarged your bed and made a covenant with them. You have loved their bed, where you saw their naked manhood.

nsb@Isaiah:57:9 @ »You went to the king with ointment and much perfume. You sent your messengers far off, and descended even to the grave.

nsb@Isaiah:57:10 @ »You are wearied because of the length of your trip. Yet you did not say: I give up. There is no hope. You have found the renewal of your strength. Therefore you were not grieved.

nsb@Isaiah:57:11 @ »Who frightened you? Who made you afraid, that you have lied and not remembered me? You did not take it to your heart. Is it not because I have held my peace from of old that you do not reverence me?

nsb@Isaiah:57:12 @ »I will declare your righteousness and your works, yet they will not profit you.

nsb@Isaiah:57:13 @ »When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you. But the wind will carry them all away. A breath will take them. But he who puts his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.