Isaiah:57

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* The righteous perisheth , and no man layeth it to heart ; and merciful men are taken away , none considering that the righteous is taken away from before the evil . * He entereth into peace : they rest in their beds , [each one ] that hath walked in his uprightness . * But draw near hither , ye sons of the sorceress , the seed of the adulterer and the harlot . * Against whom do ye sport yourselves ? Against whom do ye make a wide mouth , [and ] draw out the tongue ? Are ye not children of transgression , a seed of falsehood , * inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree , slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks ? * Among the smooth [stones ] of the torrent is thy portion ; they , they are thy lot : even to them hast thou poured out a drink-offering , thou hast offered an oblation . Shall I be comforted myself as to these things ? * Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed : even thither didst thou go up to offer sacrifice . * Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance : for apart from me , thou hast uncovered thyself , and art gone up ; thou hast enlarged thy bed , and hast made agreement with them ; thou lovedst their bed , thou sawest their nakedness . * And thou wentest to the king with ointment , and didst multiply thy perfumes , and didst send thy messengers afar off , and didst debase thyself unto Sheol . * Thou wast wearied by the multitude of thy ways ; [but ] thou saidst not , It is of no avail . Thou didst find a quickening of thy strength ; therefore thou wast not sick [of it ]. * And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared , that thou hast lied , and hast not remembered me , nor taken it to heart ? Have not I even of long time held my peace , and thou fearest me not ? * I will declare thy righteousness , and thy works ; and they shall not profit thee . * When thou criest , let them that are gathered by thee deliver thee ! But a wind shall carry them all away , a breath shall take them ; but he that putteth his trust in me shall inherit the land , and possess my holy mountain . * And it shall be said , Cast up , cast up , prepare the way , take up the stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people . * For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity , and whose name is Holy : I dwell in the high and holy [place ], and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit , to revive the spirit of the humble , and to revive the heart of the contrite ones . * For I will not contend for ever , neither will I be always wroth ; for the spirit would fail before me , and the souls [which ] I have made . * For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth , and smote him ; I hid me , and was wroth , and he went on backslidingly in the way of his heart . * I have seen his ways , and will heal him ; and I will lead him , and will restore comforts unto him and to those of his that mourn . * I create the fruit of the lips : peace , peace to him [that is ] afar off , and to him [that is ] nigh , saith Jehovah ; and I will heal him . * But the wicked are like the troubled sea , which cannot rest , and whose waters cast up mire and dirt . * There is no peace , saith my God , to the wicked .

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