Isaiah:57

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* The righteous one , hath perished , And not a man , hath taken it to heart Yea the men of lovingkindness , have been withdrawn No one considering , That from the presence of calamity , hath the righteous been withdrawn . * He entereth into peace , Let them rest upon their couches , Each one who went on a straight path . * But , ye , draw near hither , Ye sons of divination , Ye seed of an adulterer when your mother committed unchastity ! * Against whom would ye disport yourselves ? Against whom would ye widen the mouth and lengthen the tongue , Are not , ye , Children of transgression , A Seed of falsehood . * Who inflame yourselves With the terebinths , Under every green tree Slaying the children , In the torrent-valleys , Under the clefts of the crags : * Among the smooth stones of the torrentvalley , is thy portion . They , they , are thy lot ; Even to them , hast thou Poured out a drink-offering . Caused to ascend a gift . Over these things , can I cease to grieve ? * On a mountain high and uplifted , hast thou set thy couch , Even thither , hast thou gone up , to offer sacrifice ; * And behind the door arid the post , hast thou set thy symbol , For , with another than me , hast thou uncovered thyself and gone up Hast widened thy couch , And hast solemnised for thyself a covenant from them , Thou hast loved their couch a sign , hast thou seen ; * And hast gone to the king with oil , And hast multiplied thy perfumes , And hast sent thy messengers afar , Andlowered thyself as far as hades ! * With the length of thy journey , thou wast wearied , Thou didst not say , Hopeless ! The reviving of thy power , thou didst find , For this cause , hast thou not become sick . * Whom then hadst thou been anxious about and feared that thou shouldest speak falsely , When me , thou rememberedst not , caredst not for me ? Did not , I , keep silence even from age-past times , Although me , thou wouldest not fear ? * I , will expose thy righteousness , And thy worksbut they will not profit thee ! * When thou makest outcry , let thy gathered throngs deliver thee ! But all of them , shall A wind , catch up A breath , take away ! Whereas he that seeketh refuge in me , Shall inherit the land , And possess my holy mountain . * And one said Cast ye upcast ye up , prepare ye a way , Lift the stumbling-block out of the way of my people . * For , thus , saith he that is high and lifted up Inhabiting futurity , And , holy , is his name : A high and holy place , will I inhabit , Also with the crushed and lowly in spirit , To revive the spirit of the lowly , and To revive the heart of them who are crushed ; * For not age-abidingly , will I contend , Nor perpetually , will I be wroth , For , spirit , before me , would faint , Even the breathing souls , which , I , had made . * Because of his iniquitous gain , was I wrothand smote him Hiding myself that I might be wroth , But he went on turning aside in the way of his own heart . * His ways , have I beheld , That I might heal him , And guide him , And restore consolations to him and to his mourners : * Creating the fruit of the lips Prosperity ! Prosperity ! For him that is far off and for him that is near saith Yahweh , So should I heal him . * But , the lawless , are like the sea when tossed , For , rest , it cannot ! But its waters toss out mire and dirt . * No well-being , saith my God , to the lawless !

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