Isaiah 57:14-21
English Standard Version
Comfort for the Contrite
14 And it shall be said,
(
A)“Build up, build up, prepare the way,
remove every obstruction from my people's way.”
15 For thus says (
B)the One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is(
C)Holy:
(
D)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also (
E)with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
(
F)to revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 (
G)For I will not contend forever,
nor will I always be angry;
for the spirit would grow faint before me,
and the breath of life that I made.
17 Because of the iniquity of his (
H)unjust gain I was angry,
I struck him; I hid my face and was angry,
but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.
18 I have seen his ways, (
I)but I will heal him;
I will lead him (
J)and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
19 (
K)creating (
L)the fruit of the lips.
(
M)Peace, peace, (
N)to the far and to the near,” says the Lord,
(
O)“and I will heal him.
20 (
P)But the wicked are like the tossing sea;
for it cannot be quiet,
and its waters toss up mire and dirt.
21 (
Q)There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”