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 enters into peace ; they rest in their beds , each one who walks in his uprightness . * But draw near here , you (note :){+}(:note ) sons of the psychic , the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute . * Against whom do you (note :){+}(:note ) sport yourselves ? Against whom do you {+} make a wide mouth , and put out the tongue ? Are you {+} not children of transgression , a seed of falsehood , * you (note :){+}(:note ) who inflame yourselves among the oaks , under every green tree ; who slay the children in the valleys , under the clefts of the rocks ? * Among the smooth [stones ] of the valley is your portion ; they , they are your lot ; even to them you have poured a drink-offering , you have offered an oblation . Shall I be appeased for these things ? * On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed ; there also you went up to offer sacrifice . * And behind the doors and the posts you have set up your memorial : for you have uncovered [yourself ] to other than me , and have gone up ; you have enlarged your bed , and you made a covenant with them : you have loved their bed , you have looked at the hand . * And you went to the king with oil , and increased your perfumes , and sent your ambassadors far off , and debased yourself even to Sheol . * You were wearied with the length of your way ; yet you didn 't say , It is in vain : you found a quickening of your strength ; therefore you were not faint . * And of whom have you been afraid and in fear , that you lie , and haven 't remembered me , nor laid it to your heart ? Haven 't I held my peace even of long time , and you don 't fear me ? * I will declare your righteousness ; and as for your works , they will not profit you . * When you cry , let those who you have gathered deliver you ; but the wind will take them , a breath will carry them all away : but he who takes refuge in me will possess the land , and will inherit my holy mountain . * And he will say , Cast (note :){+}(:note ) up , cast {+} up , prepare the way , take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people . * For thus says the high and lofty One who stays eternally , whose name is Holy : I stay in the high and holy place , and with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit , to revive the spirit of the humble , and to revive the heart of the contrite . * For I will not contend forever , neither will I always be angry ; for the spirit would faint before me , and the souls who I have made . * For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry , and struck him ; I hid [my face ] and was angry ; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart . * I have seen his ways , and will heal him : I will lead him also , and restore comforts to him and to his mourners . * I create the fruit of the lips : Peace , peace , to him who is far off and to him who is near , says Yahweh ; and I will heal him . * But the wicked are like the troubled sea ; for it can 't rest , and its waters cast up mire and dirt . * There is no peace , says my God , to the wicked .

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