{"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/kjv/isaiah/57","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T01:41:57.669Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 <i>it</i> to heart: and merciful men <i>are</i> taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil <i>to come</i>."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, <i>each one</i> walking <i>in</i> his uprightness."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, <i>and</i> draw out the tongue? <i>are</i> ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Among the smooth <i>stones</i> of the stream <i>is</i> thy portion; they, they <i>are</i> thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered <i>thyself to another</i> than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee <i>a covenant</i> with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest <i>it</i>."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase <i>thyself even</i> unto hell."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; <i>yet</i> saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid <i>it</i> to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take <i>them</i>: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name <i>is</i> Holy; I dwell in the high and holy <i>place</i>, with him also <i>that is</i> 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 should fail before me, and the souls <i>which</i> 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 frowardly in the way of his heart."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to <i>him that is</i> far off, and to <i>him that is</i> near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"But the wicked <i>are</i> like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"<i>There is</i> no peace, saith my God, to the wicked."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 57 (KJV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 57](https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/57)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/isaiah/57 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}