Isaiah:56:9-57:13
rsv@Isaiah:56:9 @ All you beasts of the field, come to devour-- all you beasts in the forest.
rsv@Isaiah:56:10 @ His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
rsv@Isaiah:56:11 @ The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. The shepherds also have no understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.
rsv@Isaiah:56:12 @ "Come," they say, "let us get wine, let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure."
rsv@Isaiah:57:1 @ The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity,
rsv@Isaiah:57:2 @ he enters into peace; they rest in their beds who walk in their uprightness.
rsv@Isaiah:57:3 @ But you, draw near hither, sons of the sorceress, offspring of the adulterer and the harlot.
rsv@Isaiah:57:4 @ Of whom are you making sport? Against whom do you open your mouth wide and put out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, the offspring of deceit,
rsv@Isaiah:57:5 @ you who burn with lust among the oaks, under every green tree; who slay your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
rsv@Isaiah:57:6 @ Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, they, are your lot; to them you have poured out a drink offering, you have brought a cereal offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?
rsv@Isaiah:57:7 @ Upon a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed, and thither you went up to offer sacrifice.
rsv@Isaiah:57:8 @ Behind the door and the doorpost you have set up your symbol; for, deserting me, you have uncovered your bed, you have gone up to it, you have made it wide; and you have made a bargain for yourself with them, you have loved their bed, you have looked on nakedness.
rsv@Isaiah:57:9 @ You journeyed to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far off, and sent down even to Sheol.
rsv@Isaiah:57:10 @ You were wearied with the length of your way, but you did not say, "It is hopeless"; you found new life for your strength, and so you were not faint.
rsv@Isaiah:57:11 @ Whom did you dread and fear, so that you lied, and did not remember me, did not give me a thought? Have I not held my peace, even for a long time, and so you do not fear me?
rsv@Isaiah:57:12 @ I will tell of your righteousness and your doings, but they will not help you.
rsv@Isaiah:57:13 @ When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you! The wind will carry them off, a breath will take them away. But he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.
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