Isaiah:57

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* The righteous perishes , and no one lays it to heart , and merciful men are taken away ; no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the face of evil . * He shall enter into peace ; they shall rest in their beds , each one walking in his uprightness . * But draw near here , you sons of the sorceress , you seed of the adulterer and the harlot . * Of whom do you make sport ? Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out the tongue ? Are you not children of transgression , a seed of deception , * being inflamed with gods under every green tree , slaughtering the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks ? * Among the smooth stones of the stream is your portion ; they , even they , are your lot ; even to them you have poured a drink offering , you have offered a food offering . Should I be comforted over these ? * On a lofty and high mountain you have set your bed ; even there you went up to offer sacrifice . * Also behind the doors and the posts you have set up your memorials ; for you uncovered yourself and went up to those other than Me . You enlarged your bed and made a covenant with them ; you have loved to experience their bed first hand . * And you went to the king with ointment , and increased your perfumes , and sent your messengers far away , and lowered yourself even to Sheol . * You are wearied in the length of your way ; yet you did not say , There is no hope ! You found life in your hand ; therefore you were not weak . * And of whom have you been afraid or feared , that you have lied and have not remembered Me , nor laid it to your heart ? Have I not been silent , even for a long time , and you did not fear Me ? * I will declare your righteousness , and your works ; for they shall not be of any benefit to you . * When you cry out , let your collection of idols deliver you ; but the wind shall carry them all away ; a breath shall take them . But he who puts his trust in Me shall possess the land , and shall inherit My holy mountain . * And He shall say , Raise up ! Raise up ! Clear a path ! Remove the stumbling block out of the way of My people . * For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity , whose name is Holy : I dwell in the high and consecrated place , even with the 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 forever , nor will I always be angry ; for the spirit would grow faint before Me , and the souls I have made . * For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry and struck him ; I hid Myself 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 also lead him , 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 Jehovah ; and I will heal him . * But the wicked are like the troubled sea , which cannot rest , whose waters cast up mire and dirt . * There is no peace , says my God , to the wicked .

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