{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/57","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T07:34:14.158Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":57,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":56,"nextChapter":58,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"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 before the evil."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"He entereth into peace: they rest in their beds, each one that hath walked in his uprightness."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom do ye make a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Among the smooth stones of the torrent is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured out a drink-offering, thou hast offered an oblation. Shall I be comforted myself as to these things?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither didst thou go up to offer sacrifice."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for apart from me, thou hast uncovered thyself, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and hast made agreement with them; thou lovedst their bed, thou sawest their nakedness."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst multiply thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers afar off, and didst debase thyself unto Sheol."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thou wast wearied by the multitude of thy ways; but thou saidst not, It is of no avail. Thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not sick of it."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor taken it to heart? Have not I even of long time held my peace, and thou fearest me not?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; and they shall not profit thee."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"When thou criest, let them that are gathered by thee deliver thee! But a wind shall carry them all away, a breath shall take them; but he that putteth his trust in me shall inherit the land, and possess my holy mountain."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And it shall be said, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls which I have made."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on backslidingly in the way of his heart."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"I have seen his ways, and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts unto him and to those of his that mourn."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"I create the fruit of the lips: peace, peace to him that is afar off, and to him that is nigh, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 57 (DBT)","markdown":"[Isaiah 57](https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/57)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/57 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}