以賽亞書 第 57 章

See how the righteous one perished, and no one takes it to heart; and righteous men are taken away, and no one considers. For from the face of injustice the righteous one has been taken away.

His burial shall be in peace; he has been taken away from the midst.

But you, draw near here, you lawless sons, seed of adulterers and of a prostitute.

In whom did you take your pleasure? Against whom did you open your mouth? And against whom did you let loose your tongue? Are you not children of destruction, a lawless seed?

You who call upon idols under leafy trees, slaughtering your children in the ravines among the rocks.

That is your portion; this is your lot. And to them you poured out drink offerings, and to them you offered up sacrifices. Shall I then not be angry over these things?

On a high and lofty mountain, there is your bed, and there you brought up sacrifices.

And behind the doorposts of your door you set up your memorials. You thought that if you departed from me you would gain something more; you loved those who lay with you.

And you multiplied your whoring with them, and you made many those who were far from you; and you sent envoys beyond your borders, and you turned back and were brought low as far as Hades.

You grew weary with your many journeys, yet you did not say: I will stop exerting myself. Because you did these things, therefore you did not entreat me.

Whom did you dread and fear, that you lied to me and did not remember me, nor take me into your mind or into your heart? And I, seeing you, pass you by; and me you did not fear.

And I will declare my righteousness and your evil deeds, which will not profit you.

When you cry out, let them deliver you in your affliction. But the wind shall take all of these, and a storm shall carry them off; yet those who hold fast to me shall possess the land and shall inherit my holy mountain.

And they shall say: Clear the roads before him, and take away the stumbling blocks from the way of my people.

Thus says the Lord, the Most High, who dwells on high forever, whose name is Holy among the holy ones, the Lord Most High who rests among the holy ones, who gives patience to the faint-hearted and gives life to those who are broken in heart.

I will not take vengeance on you forever, nor will I be angry with you continually; for a spirit shall go out from me, and every breath I myself have made.

Because of sin I grieved him a little and struck him and turned my face away from him; and he was grieved and walked gloomy in his own ways.

I have seen his ways and healed him; and I comforted him and gave him true comfort.

Peace upon peace to those who are far off and to those who are near. And the Lord said: I will heal them.

But the unrighteous shall be tossed about in this way, and they shall not be able to find rest.

There is no rejoicing for the impious, said the Lord God.