Isaiah 57 (NET)

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Isaiah 57:1¹The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 22:20 2 Chr 34:28 Ps 12:1 Mic 7:2 Isa 42:25 Isa 47:7 2 Chr 35:24 Mal 2:2 1 Kgs 14:13 2 Chr 32:33

Isaiah 57:4⁴At whom are you laughing? At whom are you opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue? You are the children of rebels, the offspring of liars,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Pet 2:13 Exod 9:17 Isa 1:4 Ps 35:21 Acts 9:4 Col 3:6 Eph 2:2-3 Eph 5:6 Exod 16:7-8 Ezek 2:4

Isaiah 57:5⁵you who inflame your lusts among the oaks and under every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 16:3-4 Ezek 16:20 Isa 1:29 2 Kgs 23:10 Jer 2:20 Jer 3:13 Jer 7:31 Lev 18:21 1 Kgs 14:23 2 Chr 28:3

Isaiah 57:6⁶Among the smooth stones of the stream are the idols you love; they, they are the object of your devotion. You pour out liquid offerings to them, you make an offering. Because of these things how can I relent from judgment?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 3:9 Jer 7:18 Hab 2:19 Deut 32:37-38 Ezek 20:39 Isa 65:11 Isa 66:3 Jer 19:13 Jer 32:29 Jer 44:17-25

Isaiah 57:8⁸Behind the door and doorpost you put your symbols. Indeed, you depart from me and go up and invite them into bed with you. You purchase favors from them; you love their bed, and gaze longingly on their naked bodies.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 16:25-28 Ezek 16:32 Ezek 23:2-20 Ezek 23:41 Ezek 8:8-12

Isaiah 57:9⁹You take olive oil as tribute to your king, along with many perfumes. You send your messengers to a distant place; you go all the way to Sheol.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 23:16 Col 2:18 Ezek 23:40 Isa 30:1-6 Isa 31:1-3 2 Kgs 16:7-11 Ezek 16:33 Hos 12:1 Hos 7:11 Isa 2:9

Isaiah 57:10¹⁰Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, but you do not say, ‘I give up.’ You get renewed energy, so you don’t collapse.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 2:25 Jer 18:12 Jer 5:3 2 Chr 28:22-23 Ezek 24:12 Hab 2:13 Isa 47:13 Jer 2:36 Jer 3:3 Jer 44:17-18

Isaiah 57:11¹¹Whom are you worried about? Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully and not remember me or think about me? Because I have been silent for so long, you are not afraid of me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 51:12-13 Prov 29:25 Ps 50:21 Jer 3:21 Eccl 8:11 Isa 26:10 Isa 30:9 Isa 59:3-4 Jer 2:32 Jer 9:3-5

Isaiah 57:13¹³When you cry out for help, let your idols help you! The wind blows them all away, a breeze carries them away. But the one who looks to me for help will inherit the land and will have access to my holy mountain.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 37:9 Ps 37:3 Isa 56:7 Isa 65:25 Ezek 20:40 Isa 11:9 Isa 65:9 Isa 66:20 Joel 3:17 Judg 10:14

Isaiah 57:14¹⁴He says, “Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 62:10 Luke 3:5-6 Isa 35:8 Isa 40:3 Jer 18:15 1 Cor 8:13 Rom 14:13 Heb 12:13 2 Cor 6:3 1 Cor 1:23

Isaiah 57:15¹⁵For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: “I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 34:18 Isa 66:1-2 Ps 138:6 Ps 147:3 Exod 15:11 Dan 4:34 Isa 40:28 Isa 52:13 Ps 51:17 Ps 90:2

Isaiah 57:16¹⁶For I will not be hostile forever or perpetually angry, for then man’s spirit would grow faint before me, the life-giving breath I created.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mic 7:18 Jer 10:24 Ps 103:9-16 Ps 85:5 Heb 12:9 Ps 78:38-39 Gen 6:3 Job 34:14-15 Num 16:22 Isa 42:5

Isaiah 57:17¹⁷I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 56:11 Col 3:5 Jer 6:13 2 Pet 2:14 Eph 5:3-5 1 Tim 6:9 Eccl 6:9 Ezek 33:31 Isa 1:4 Isa 45:15

Isaiah 57:18¹⁸I have seen their behavior, but I will heal them. I will lead them, and I will provide comfort to them and those who mourn with them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 33:6 Rev 7:17 Jer 3:22 Hos 14:4-8 Jer 31:3 Ezek 16:60-63 Isa 61:1-3 Jer 13:17 Jer 31:18-20 Eccl 9:4

Isaiah 57:19¹⁹I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. Complete prosperity is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,” says the Lord, “and I will heal them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 2:39 Heb 13:15 Acts 10:36 Eph 6:19 Luke 10:5-6 Luke 2:14 Luke 21:15 2 Cor 5:20-21 Col 4:3-4 Exod 4:11-12

Isaiah 57:20²⁰But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 3:11 Prov 4:16-17 Job 18:5-14 Job 15:20-24 Job 20:11-29 Jude 1:12 Ps 73:18-20

Isaiah 57:21²¹There will be no prosperity,” says my God, “for the wicked.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 48:22 Isa 3:11 2 Kgs 9:22 Isa 59:8 Rom 3:16-17

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