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58">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">God's Faithful People Suffer</h3>1God's faithful peopleare dragged off and killed,and no one even cares.Evil sweeps them away,2but in death they find peacefor obeying God.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.57.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> <h3 class="s1">The Lord Condemns Idolatry</h3>3You people are unfaithful!You go to fortunetellers,and you worship idols.Now pay close attention!4Who are you making fun of?Who are you sneering at?Look how your sinshave made fools of you.5All you think about is sexunder those green treeswhere idols are worshiped.You sacrifice your childrenon altars built in valleysunder rocky slopes.6You have chosen to worshipidols made of stone;<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.57.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> you have given them offeringsof wine and grain.Should I be pleased?7You have spread out your bedson the tops of high mountains,where you sacrifice to idols.8Even in your homesyou have placed pagan symbolsall around your huge beds.Yes, you have rejected me,sold yourselves to your lovers,and gone to bed with them.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.57.8!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 9You smear on olive oiland all kinds of perfumeto worship the god Molech.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.57.9!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> You even seek advicefrom spirits of the dead.10Though you tired yourself outby running after idols,you refused to stop.Your desires were so strongthat they kept you going.11Did you forget about meand become unfaithfulbecause you were more afraidof someone else?Have I been silent so long<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.57.11!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> that you no longer fear me?12You think you're so good,but I'll point out the truth.13Ask your idols to save youwhen you are in trouble.Be careful though—it takes only a faint breathto blow them over.But if you come to mefor protection,this land and my holy mountainwill always belong to you.<h3 class="s1">The Lord Helps the Helpless</h3>14The Lord says,“Clear the road!Get it ready for my people.”15<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.57.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Our holy God lives foreverin the highest heavens,and this is what he says:Though I live high abovein the holy place,I am here to help thosewho are humbleand depend only on me.16My people, I won't stay angryand keep on accusing you.After all, I am your Creator.I don't want you to give upin complete despair.17Your greed made me furious.That's why I punished youand refused to be found,while you kept returningto your old sinful ways.18I know what you are like!But I will heal you, lead you,and give you comfort,until those who are mourning19<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.57.19!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> start singing my praises.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.57.19!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> No matter where you are,I, the Lord, will heal you<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.57.19!f.3" class="notelink f-link">+</a> and give you peace.20The wicked are a restless seatossing up mud.21<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.57.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> But I, the Lord, have promisedthat none who are evilwill live in peace.</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">57.1,2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Evil … God: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">57.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">You have … stone: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">57.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">them: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 8.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">57.9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the god Molech: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “the king.” In Hebrew “Molech” and “king” sound alike.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">57.11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">so long: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">57.18,19 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">until … praises: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">57.19 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">heal you: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew 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