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LXX">a</a> the righteous are perishing,<a href="#ftn" title="57:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read righteous person has perished">b</a> but no one takes it to heart; devout people<a href="#ftn" title="57:1 Lit. people of the mercy; so 1QIsaa MT reads people of mercy; LXX reads just men">c</a> are taken away, while no one understands that the righteous person is taken away from calamity. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-2.htm">2</a>Then<a href="#ftn" title="57:2 Or and; so 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack Then">d</a> he enters into peace, and<a href="#ftn" title="57:2 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks and">e</a> they’ll rest on his<a href="#ftn" title="57:2 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read their">f</a> couches, each one living righteously.<a href="#ftn" title="57:2 Lit. one walking in his uprightness; so 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT reads her uprightness">g</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-3.htm">3</a>“But as for you, come here, you children of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!<a href="#ftn" title="57:3 So LXX (cf. Syriac); 1QIsaa MT read she has practiced prostitution">h</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-4.htm">4</a>Whom are you mocking? And<a href="#ftn" title="57:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT lack And">i</a> against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, the offspring of lies, <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-5.htm">5</a>you who burn with lust among the oaks, under every spreading tree, who slaughter your children in the ravines, under the clefts of the rocks? <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-6.htm">6</a>“Among the smooth stones<a href="#ftn" title="57:6 i.e. among the idols">j</a> of the ravines is your portion— there they are as<a href="#ftn" title="57:6 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsai MT reads they—yes, they!—are; LXX reads there this is">k</a> your lot. To them you have poured out drink offerings; you have brought grain offerings. Should I be lenient over such things? <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-7.htm">7</a>“You have made your bed on a high and lofty mountain, and you went up to offer sacrifice there. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-8.htm">8</a>Behind the doors and the doorposts you have set up your pagan sign.” For in deserting me you have uncovered your bed— you have climbed up into it and have opened it wide. And you<a href="#ftn" title="57:8 1QIsaa reads sing.; MT reads pl.">l</a> have made a pact for yourself with them; you have loved their bed, you have looked on their private parts.<a href="#ftn" title="57:8 Lit. their hand; i.e. a euphemism for the male sex organ">m</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-9.htm">9</a>You went to Molech<a href="#ftn" title="57:9 i.e. to the Canaanite deity; or to the king">n</a> with olive oil and increased your perfumes; you sent your ambassadors far away, you sent them down even to Sheol<a href="#ftn" title="57:9 i.e. the afterlife">o</a> itself! <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-10.htm">10</a>You grew tired with your many wanderings,<a href="#ftn" title="57:10 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads your wandering">p</a> but you wouldn’t say: ‘It is hopeless.’ You found new strength for your desire, and so you did not falter. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-11.htm">11</a>“Whom did you so dread— and while you feared me<a href="#ftn" title="57:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT LXX read and fear">q</a> — that you lied, and you did not remember me, and<a href="#ftn" title="57:11 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad LXX; MT lacks and">r</a> did not lay to heart these things?<a href="#ftn" title="57:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT lack thing; LXX reads lay me to heart">s</a> Haven’t I remained silent for a long time, and still you don’t fear me?” <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-12.htm">12</a>“I will denounce your righteousness<a href="#ftn" title="57:12 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsad reads justice">t</a> and your works, for your collections of idols<a href="#ftn" title="57:12 1QIsaa lacks of idols; 4QIsad MT LXX read for they">u</a> will not benefit you. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-13.htm">13</a>When you cry out, let your collection deliver you! The wind will carry them all off, and<a href="#ftn" title="57:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and">v</a> a mere breath will sweep them all away.” God’s Reward for the Faithful“But whoever<a href="#ftn" title="57:13 Lit. But the one; so 4QIsad MT; 1QIsaa reads But one (i.e. without article)">w</a> takes refuge in me will possess the land, and will inherit my holy mountain. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-14.htm">14</a>And one has said:<a href="#ftn" title="57:14 So 1QIsaa; MT reads one will say; or I will say; LXX reads they will say">x</a> ‘Build up! Build up the road!<a href="#ftn" title="57:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks the road">y</a> Prepare the highway! Remove every obstacle from my people’s way.’ <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-15.htm">15</a>“For this is what the high and lofty One says, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “He lives<a href="#ftn" title="57:15 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; MT reads I live">z</a> in the height and in holiness,<a href="#ftn" title="57:15 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read in the high and holy place">aa</a> and also with the one who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-16.htm">16</a>For I won’t accuse forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the human spirit would grow faint before me— even the souls that I have created. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-17.htm">17</a>Because of his wicked greed I was angry, so I punished him; and<a href="#ftn" title="57:17 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad LXX; 1QIsab MT lack and">bb</a> I hid my face, and was angry— but he kept turning back to his stubborn will.<a href="#ftn" title="57:17 Lit. into the way of his heart">cc</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-18.htm">18</a>I’ve seen his ways,<a href="#ftn" title="57:18 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsad reads way">dd</a> yet I will heal him,<a href="#ftn" title="57:18 So 1QIsaa; MT reads him, and I will guide him; LXX reads him, and I will exhort him">ee</a> and restore for him<a href="#ftn" title="57:18 So 1QIsaa; the reading is probably an error: MT LXX lack for him">ff</a> comfort<a href="#ftn" title="57:18 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT use different but related words">gg</a> to him and for those who mourn for him<a href="#ftn" title="57:18 Lit. for his mourners">hh</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-19.htm">19</a>when<a href="#ftn" title="57:19 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsad MT lack when">ii</a> I create the fruit of the lips: Peace<a href="#ftn" title="57:19 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read Peace, peace cf. LXX">jj</a> to the one who is far away or near,” says the LORD, “and I’ll heal him. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-20.htm">20</a>But the wicked are tossed like the sea;<a href="#ftn" title="57:20 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsad MT read are like the tossing sea">kk</a> for it is not able to<a href="#ftn" title="57:20 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT lack able to">ll</a> keep still, and its waters toss up mire and mud. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/57-21.htm">21</a>“Yet<a href="#ftn" title="57:21 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack Yet">mm</a> there is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”<hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><A name="ftn"></a>Footnotes: a 57:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT lacks Also; cf. LXX b 57:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read righteous person has perished c 57:1 Lit. people of the mercy; so 1QIsaa MT reads people of mercy; LXX reads just men d 57:2 Or and; so 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack Then e 57:2 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks and f 57:2 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read their g 57:2 Lit. one walking in his uprightness; so 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT reads her uprightness h 57:3 So LXX (cf. Syriac); 1QIsaa MT read she has practiced prostitution i 57:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT lack And j 57:6 i.e. among the idols k 57:6 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsai MT reads they—yes, they!—are; LXX reads there this is l 57:8 1QIsaa reads sing.; MT reads pl. m 57:8 Lit. their hand; i.e. a euphemism for the male sex organ n 57:9 i.e. to the Canaanite deity; or to the king o 57:9 i.e. the afterlife p 57:10 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads your wandering q 57:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT LXX read and fear r 57:11 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad LXX; MT lacks and s 57:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT lack thing; LXX reads lay me to heart t 57:12 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsad reads justice u 57:12 1QIsaa lacks of idols; 4QIsad MT LXX read for they v 57:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and w 57:13 Lit. But the one; so 4QIsad MT; 1QIsaa reads But one (i.e. without article) x 57:14 So 1QIsaa; MT reads one will say; or I will say; LXX reads they will say y 57:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks the road z 57:15 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; MT reads I live aa 57:15 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read in the high and holy place bb 57:17 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad LXX; 1QIsab MT lack and cc 57:17 Lit. into the way of his heart dd 57:18 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsad reads way ee 57:18 So 1QIsaa; MT reads him, and I will guide him; LXX reads him, and I will exhort him ff 57:18 So 1QIsaa; the reading is probably an error: MT LXX lack for him gg 57:18 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT use different but related words hh 57:18 Lit. for his mourners ii 57:19 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsad MT lack when jj 57:19 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read Peace, peace cf. 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