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Isaiah 57:1
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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 the evil to come. |
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| Isaiah 57:2 |
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He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in
their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. |
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| Isaiah 57:3 |
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But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress,
the seed of the adulterer and the whore. |
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| Isaiah 57:4 |
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Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against
whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression,
a seed of falsehood. |
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| Isaiah 57:5 |
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Enflaming yourselves with idols under every
green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? |
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| Isaiah 57:6 |
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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. Should I receive comfort in these? |
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| Isaiah 57:7 |
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Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set
thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. |
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| Isaiah 57:8 |
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Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou
set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and
art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou
lovedst their bed where thou sawest it. |
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| Isaiah 57:9 |
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And thou 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. |
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| Isaiah 57:10 |
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Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way;
yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand;
therefore thou wast not grieved. |
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And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared,
that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have
not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? |
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| Isaiah 57:12 |
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I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works;
for they shall not profit thee. |
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| Isaiah 57:13 |
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When thou criest, let thy companies deliver
thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that
putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain; |
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| Isaiah 57:14 |
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And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare
the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. |
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| Isaiah 57:15 |
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For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth
eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also
that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and
to revive the heart of the contrite ones. |
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| Isaiah 57:16 |
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For I will not contend for ever, neither will
I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I
have made. |
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| Isaiah 57:17 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 57:18 |
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I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will
lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. |
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| Isaiah 57:19 |
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I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace
to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal
him. |
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| Isaiah 57:20 |
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But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when
it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. |
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| Isaiah 57:21 |
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There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. |
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