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 the evil to come .
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He shall enter into peace :
they shall rest in their beds ,
each one walking in his uprightness .
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But draw near hither ,
ye sons of the sorceress ,
the seed of the adulterer and the whore .
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Against whom do ye sport yourselves ?
against whom make ye a wide mouth ,
and draw out the tongue ?
are ye not children of transgression ,
a seed of falsehood ,
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Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree ,
slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks ?
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Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion ;
they ,
they are thy lot :
even to them hast thou poured a drink offering ,
thou hast offered a meat offering .
Should I receive comfort in these ?
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Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed :
even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice .
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Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou 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 lovedst their bed where thou sawest it .
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And thou wentest to the king with ointment ,
and didst increase thy perfumes ,
and didst send thy messengers far off ,
and didst debase thyself even unto hell sh @#
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Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way ;
yet saidst thou not ,
There is no hope :
thou hast found the life of thine hand ;
therefore thou wast not grieved .
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And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared ,
that thou hast lied ,
and hast not remembered me ,
nor laid it to thy heart ?
have not I held my peace even of old ,
and thou fearest me not ?
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I will declare thy righteousness ,
and thy works ma #
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for they shall not profit thee .
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When thou criest ,
let thy companies deliver thee ;
but the wind shall carry them all away ;
vanity shall take them :
but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land ,
and shall inherit my holy mountain ;
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And shall say ,
Cast ye up ,
cast ye up ,
prepare the way ,
take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people .
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For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity ,
whose name is Holy ;
I dwell in the high and holy place ,
with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit ,
to revive the spirit of the humble ,
and to revive the heart of the contrite ones .
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For I will not contend for ever ,
neither will I be always wroth :
for the spirit should fail before me ,
and the souls which I have made .
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For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth ,
and smote him :
I hid me ,
and was wroth ,
and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart .
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I have seen his ways ,
and will heal him :
I will lead him also ,
and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners .
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I create the fruit of the lips ;
Peace ,
peace to him that is far off ,
and to him that is near ,
saith the LORD ;
and I will heal him .
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But the wicked are like the troubled sea ,
when it cannot rest ,
whose waters cast up mire and dirt .
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There is no peace ,
saith my God ,
to the wicked .