Isaiah 57

The Lord

¹³But he who takes refuge in Me will possess the land
and will inherit My holy mountain.

Isaiah

¹⁴And He will say,

The Lord

“Build up,
build up the road[1],

prepare the way;
lift up the stumbling block from My people’s way.”

Isaiah

¹⁵For thus says the High and Lofty One, who inhabits eternity,
whose name is “Holy,”

The Lord

“I dwell in the high and holy place

and with the contrite and lowly in spirit,
reviving the lowly in spirit and reviving the hearts of the contrite.

¹⁶For I will not contend forever,
nor will I always be angry,

because the spirit would grow faint before Me,
and the souls that I have made.

¹⁷I was angry at the iniquity of his covetousness. I smote him, hiding, and I was angry,
but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.

¹⁸I have seen his ways, but I will heal him;
I will lead him and restore comforts to him and to his mourners,

¹⁹creating the fruit of the lips.
Peace, peace, to those far and near,”

Isaiah

says the LORD,

The Lord

“and I will heal him.

²⁰But the wicked are like the tossing sea, for it cannot be quiet,
and its waters toss up mire and dirt.
²¹There is no peace for the wicked,”

Isaiah

says my God.