Isaiah

Isaiah 57 ©

1 The blessedness of the righteous in death, who are taken out of the way of evil. 3 God reproveth the Jews for their idolatry: 13 he comforteth the penitent with promises of mercy.

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THE arighteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and b1merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from 2the evil to come.

a 2Ch. 32.33; 35.24. 2Ki. 21.16; 24.4. ch. 5.12; 42.25; 47.7.
b Ps. 12.1. Mi. 7.2. Ju. 2.10,11. 1Ki. 14.12,13. 2Ki. 22.20. Re. 14.13. He. 11.38.
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He shall c3enter into peace: they shall rest in their dbeds, each one walking 4in his uprightness.

c Re. 14.13. Mat. 25.21. Lu. 2.29; 23.43; 16.23. Ec. 12.7. Ps. 73.24. Da. 12.13.
d 2Ch. 16.14.
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¶But draw near *hither, eye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

e Mal. 3.5. Mat. 3.7; 12.39; 16.4; 23.33. Jn. 8.44. Ep. 2.2. Je. 27.9. Mi. 5.11. ch. 2.6; 8.19; 1.4.
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fAgainst whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom gmake ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not hchildren of transgression, ia seed of falsehood,

f Ex. 16.8. Nu. 16.11. Lu. 10.16. Ac. 9.4. 1Th. 4.8.
g Job 16.10. Ps. 22.7,13; 35.21. La. 2.16. ch. 5.19; 30.10,11.
h v.3. Nu. 32.14. ch. 1.4. 2Th. 2.3. Re. 17.5; 11.2,8.
i ch. 1.4.
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Enflaming yourselves 5with idols junder every green tree, kslaying the children in the valleys under the *clifts of the rocks?

j 2Ki. 16.4; 17.10. Je. 3.6. De. 12.2. Eze. 6.13. Re. 14.9. 1Ki. 14.23.
k Le. 18.21; 20.2. 2Ch. 28.3. 2Ki. 16.3,4; 23.10. Eze. 16.20; 20.31. Je. 7.31; 32.35. Eze. 16.21; 23.39.
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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. lShould I receive comfort in these?

l ch. 66.3. Je. 7.9,10; 5.9,29. Eze. 20.39.
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mUpon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set nthy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

m De. 12.2. 1Ki. 14.23. 2Ki. 17.9; 21.3. Eze. 16.16,25; 20.28,29; 23.41. Am. 2.8. Je. 3.6.
n Eze. 23.17.
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oBehind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for pthou hast *discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; qthou hast enlarged thy bed, and 6made thee a cov enant with them; thou lovedst their bed 7where thou sawest it.

o Eze. 8.10; 23.14. Le. 26.1. Ho. 8.11.
p Je. 3.1,2,8; 2.13. Eze. 16.15-34; 23.2,5-19.
q Je. 2.28; 11.13. Ho. 8.11. Eze. 16.2-34; 23.5-19; 20.30. 2Ki. 16.10-16. Re. 17.5.
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rAnd 8thou 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.

r ch. 30.1-6; 31.1-3. Ho. 7.11; 12.1,2. Eze. 16.28,29; 23.5-19. Re. 17.11; 18.13.
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Thou sart wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, tThere is no hope: thou hast found the 9life of thine hand; utherefore thou wast not grieved.

s Je. 2.36. 2Ch. 28.21-23. Hab. 2.13.
t Ps. 142.4. Je. 2.25; 18.12. Ho. 5.13.
u 2Ch. 28.22. ch. 1.5. Je. 3.3; 5.3; 2.30.
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vAnd of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou whast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? xhave not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?

v Pr. 29.25. ch. 51.12,13.
w v.3,8. Je. 3.1,8,20,21; 2.13,30; 5.3; 44.3-5. Ps. 78.36.
x Ps. 50.21,22. Ec. 8.11. ch. 26.10.
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yI will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

y ch. 1.11-15; 66.3. Je. 2.35. Ro. 3.10-20; 10.2,3; 6.21. ch. 21.9. 2Th. 2.8. Re. 14.8.
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zWhen thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but athe wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them : but bhe that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit cmy holy mountain;

a Na. 1-3. Je. 46; 50; 51; 52. Re. 14; 16; 18; 19.
b Ps. 37.3,9. Je. 17.7,8; 30.10,18; 31.12,23,40. Ps. 84.12; 34.8-10; 37.4. Mat. 5.5. Re. 5.10.
c ch. 11.9; 65.11,25.
z v.9,10. Je. 22.22,28. Ju. 10.14. ch. 30.1-6; 31.1-3. Ho. 5.13. Eze. 16.36-43; 23.9,10,22-34. Ps. 18.41. Re. 16.13-16; 17.14.
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And shall say, dCast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

d ch. 40.3; 62.10; 35.8; 42.16; 43.19; 48.17,20; 49.12. Zec. 10.11,12. Re. 14.6; 18.4. 1Co. 1.23.
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For thus saith ethe high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, fwhose name is Holy; gI dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is hof a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

e Ps. 83.18. Da. 4.34,35. 1Ti. 6.16; 1.17. Ps. 90.2. ch. 33.5; 18.4; 63.15; 6.3. 1Sa. 2.2. Ex. 15.11. Jos. 24.19. Re. 4.8.
f Lu. 1.49.
g Zec. 2.13. Ps. 68.5; 80.1.
h ch. 66.1,2. Mat. 5.4. Ps. 34.18; 51.17; 138.6. 2Ki. 22.19,20. 2Ch. 32.26; 33.12. Eze. 6.9. ch. 61.1-3. Ps. 147.3; 23.3; 85.6. Ac. 2.37,38; 16.30,31.
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For iI will not contend for ever, neither will I be always *wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls jwhich I have made.

i Ps. 103.9,13,14. Mi. 7.7-10,18. Ps. 78.38,39; 61.2. Je. 10.24. Ps. 107.5; 143.4.
j ch. 42.5; 51.22. Ge. 2.7. Nu. 16.22. Zec. 12.1. Ec. 12.7. He. 12.9.
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kFor the iniquity of his covetousness was I *wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on 10*frowardly in the way of his heart.

k Je. 6.13; 8.10. ch. 51.17; 53.6; 56.11; 59.4; 5.8,9. Mi. 2.2,3. ch. 1.5. Je. 2.30; 3.14; 5.3. 2Ch. 28.22. Eze. 33.31. 1Ti. 6.10.
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lI have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and mrestore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

l ch. 1.18; 43.24,25; 48.8-11; 59.19,20; 53.5. Eze. 16.60-63; 36.22-32. Je. 30.3; 33.6; 3.22; 31.18-20. Ho. 14.4.
m v.15. ch. 49.10; 58.11; 61.2,3; 66.10. Je. 13.17. Eze. 9.4. Ps. 23.3; 25.5; 73.23,24,26.
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I create nthe fruit of the lips; oPeace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.

n Ho. 14.2. 2Ti. 3.16. 2Pe. 1.21. Ps. 119.49,50. Ep. 2.17. Re. 14.6. Pr. 10.31. Ho. 13.3. Ps. 32.7; 50.15; 71.22-24. He. 13.15.
o Ac. 2.39. Ep. 2.13,14,17; 6.15. Mar. 16.15. ch. 43.6; 49.12.
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But the wicked are plike the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

p Job 15.20-24; 18.5-14; 20.5-28. ch. 3.11. Re. 14.10,11. Pr. 4.16,17. Jude 13. Ps. 10.8-10.
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qThere is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

q 2Ki. 9.22. ch. 48.22.