Isaiah:57

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* The righteous perishes , and no man lays [it ] to heart : and merciful men [are ] taken away , none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come ]. * He shall enter into peace : they shall rest in their beds , [each one ] walking [in ] his uprightness . * But come here , ye sons of the sorceress , generation of the adulterer and the whore . * Against whom do ye sport yourselves ? Against whom do ye make a wide mouth , [and ] draw out the tongue ? [Are ] ye not rebellious sons , a lying seed of transgression , * 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 valley [is ] thy portion ; they , they [are ] thy lot : even unto them hast thou poured a drink offering , thou hast offered a present . Should I not avenge these things ? * Upon the lofty and high mountain thou hast set thy bed : even there thou didst go up to offer sacrifice . * Behind the doors also and the posts thou hast set up thy remembrance : for thou hast discovered [thyself to another ] than me , and art gone up ; thou hast enlarged thy bed and made thee [a covenant ] with them ; thou didst loved their bed wherever thou didst see [it ]. * And thou didst go to the king with ointment and didst multiply thy perfumes , and didst send thy messengers far off , and didst debase [thyself even ] unto Sheol . * Thou became wearied in the multitude of thy ways ; [yet ] thou didst not say , There is no remedy : thou hast found that which thou wast searching for ; therefore thou repented not . * And of whom hast thou reverenced or feared ? Why dost thou lie ; that thou hast not remembered me , nor have I come to thy thought ? Have I not held my peace even of old , and thou hast never feared me ? * I will declare thy righteousness , and thy works ; for they shall not profit thee . * When thou criest , let thy companions deliver thee ; but the wind shall carry them all away ; vanity shall take [them ]: but he that waits in me shall have the land by inheritance and shall possess the mountain of my holiness . * And shall say , Clear away , clear away , level the way , take away the stumblingblocks out of the way of my people . * For thus has said the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity , whose name [is ] The Holy [One ]; I dwell in the high place and in holiness and with him also [that is ] of a contrite and humble spirit to cause the spirit of the humble to live and to cause the heart of the contrite ones to live . * For I will not contend for ever , neither will I be always wroth : for by me is the spirit covered by the body , and I have made the souls . * For the iniquity of his covetousness I was wroth and smote him : I hid [my face ] and was wroth , and he went on rebelliously in the way of his heart . * I have seen his ways and will heal him : I will lead him also and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners . * I create the fruit of the lips ; Peace , peace to [him that is ] far off and to [him that is ] near , said the LORD ; and healed him . * But the wicked [are ] like the sea in tempest , that cannot rest , whose waters cast up mire and dirt . * [There is ] no peace , saith my God , for the wicked .:

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