{"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/web/isaiah/57","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:27:33.845Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":57,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":56,"nextChapter":58,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come]."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"|But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Against whom do you sport yourselves? Against whom do you make a wide mouth, and stick out your tongue? Aren't you children of disobedience, a seed of falsehood,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Among the smooth [stones] of the valley is your portion; they, they are your lot; you have even poured a drink offering to them. You have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed; there also you went up to offer sacrifice."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Behind the doors and the posts you have set up your memorial: for you have uncovered to someone besides me, and have gone up; you have enlarged your bed, and made you a covenant with them: you loved their bed where you saw it."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"You went to the king with oil, and did increase your perfumes, and did send your ambassadors far off, and debased yourself even to Sheol."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you didn't say, 'It is in vain.' You found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren't faint."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"|Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven't I held my peace even of long time, and you don't fear me?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.|"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"He will say, |Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.|"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: |I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him; I hid [my face] and was angry; and he went on backsliding 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 to him and to his mourners."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,| says Yahweh; |and I will heal them.|"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"|There is no peace,| says my God, |for the wicked.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 57 (WEB)","markdown":"[Isaiah 57](https://primebible.com/web/isaiah/57)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/isaiah/57 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}