Isaiah 57
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1The 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.
Isaiah 57:1
2He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
Isaiah 57:2
3But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Isaiah 57:3
4Against 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,
Isaiah 57:4
5Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
Isaiah 57:5
6Among 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?
Isaiah 57:6
7Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
Isaiah 57:7
8Behind 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.
Isaiah 57:8
9And 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.
Isaiah 57:9
10Thou 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.
Isaiah 57:10
11And 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?
Isaiah 57:11
12I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
Isaiah 57:12
13When 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;
Isaiah 57:13
14And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
Isaiah 57:14
15For 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.
Isaiah 57:15
16For 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.
Isaiah 57:16
17For 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.
Isaiah 57:17
18I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
Isaiah 57:18
19I 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.
Isaiah 57:19
20But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Isaiah 57:20
21There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Isaiah 57:21
Chapter 57
Cross References
Isaiah 57:1
2 Kings 22:20Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathere...Psalms 12:1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the chil...2 Chronicles 34:28Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy gra...Micah 7:2The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men:...Isaiah 42:25Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of bat...
Isaiah 57:2
Revelation 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead whic...2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have...Luke 2:29Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:Job 3:17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.Ecclesiastes 12:7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return u...
Isaiah 57:3
Matthew 16:4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign...James 4:4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is...1 John 3:10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoev...Revelation 17:1And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked wit...Isaiah 1:21¶ How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousn...
Isaiah 57:4
2 Peter 2:13And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure...Isaiah 1:4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children th...Psalms 35:21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath s...Exodus 9:17As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?Isaiah 37:23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy...
Isaiah 57:5
Ezekiel 16:20Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto m...2 Kings 16:3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass t...Isaiah 1:29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be con...Leviticus 18:21And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither...Jeremiah 7:31And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son...
Isaiah 57:6
Jeremiah 3:9And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the...Jeremiah 7:18The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead t...Habakkuk 2:19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall t...Isaiah 66:3He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if...Jeremiah 5:29Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged...
Isaiah 57:7
Ezekiel 23:41And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou ha...Ezekiel 16:16And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers co...Jeremiah 2:20¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst,...Ezekiel 20:28For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand t...Jeremiah 3:6¶ The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that...
Isaiah 57:8
Ezekiel 16:25Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beaut...Ezekiel 8:8Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in...Ezekiel 16:32But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her hu...Ezekiel 23:2Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:Ezekiel 23:41And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou ha...
Isaiah 57:9
Ezekiel 23:16And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messeng...Colossians 2:18Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of...Isaiah 30:1Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me...Hosea 7:11¶ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go t...Proverbs 7:17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Isaiah 57:10
Jeremiah 2:25Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst...Jeremiah 18:12And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we...Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they hav...Habakkuk 2:13Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very...Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain;...
Isaiah 57:11
Isaiah 51:12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afrai...Proverbs 29:25The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall...Psalms 50:21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was alto...Jeremiah 2:32Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgo...Jeremiah 3:21A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the childre...
Isaiah 57:12
Micah 3:2Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, an...Jeremiah 7:4Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the L...Matthew 23:13¶ But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdo...Isaiah 1:11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I a...Romans 3:10As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Cross References
Isaiah 57:1
2 Kings 22:20Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathere...Psalms 12:1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the chil...2 Chronicles 34:28Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy gra...Micah 7:2The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men:...Isaiah 42:25Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of bat...
Isaiah 57:2
Revelation 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead whic...2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have...Luke 2:29Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:Job 3:17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.Ecclesiastes 12:7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return u...
Isaiah 57:3
Matthew 16:4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign...James 4:4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is...1 John 3:10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoev...Revelation 17:1And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked wit...Isaiah 1:21¶ How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousn...
Isaiah 57:4
2 Peter 2:13And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure...Isaiah 1:4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children th...Psalms 35:21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath s...Exodus 9:17As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?Isaiah 37:23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy...
Isaiah 57:5
Ezekiel 16:20Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto m...2 Kings 16:3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass t...Isaiah 1:29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be con...Leviticus 18:21And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither...Jeremiah 7:31And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son...
Isaiah 57:6
Jeremiah 3:9And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the...Jeremiah 7:18The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead t...Habakkuk 2:19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall t...Isaiah 66:3He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if...Jeremiah 5:29Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged...
Isaiah 57:7
Ezekiel 23:41And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou ha...Ezekiel 16:16And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers co...Jeremiah 2:20¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst,...Ezekiel 20:28For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand t...Jeremiah 3:6¶ The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that...
Isaiah 57:8
Ezekiel 16:25Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beaut...Ezekiel 8:8Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in...Ezekiel 16:32But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her hu...Ezekiel 23:2Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:Ezekiel 23:41And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou ha...
Isaiah 57:9
Ezekiel 23:16And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messeng...Colossians 2:18Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of...Isaiah 30:1Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me...Hosea 7:11¶ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go t...Proverbs 7:17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Isaiah 57:10
Jeremiah 2:25Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst...Jeremiah 18:12And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we...Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they hav...Habakkuk 2:13Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very...Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain;...
Isaiah 57:11
Isaiah 51:12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afrai...Proverbs 29:25The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall...Psalms 50:21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was alto...Jeremiah 2:32Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgo...Jeremiah 3:21A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the childre...
Isaiah 57:12
Micah 3:2Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, an...Jeremiah 7:4Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the L...Matthew 23:13¶ But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdo...Isaiah 1:11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I a...Romans 3:10As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: