571The 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.+2He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds,
each one
walking
in his uprightness.+
God Condemns Idolatry
3But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.+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,+5Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?+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?+7Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.+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.+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.+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.+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?+12I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.+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;+
Healing for the Repentant
14And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.+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.+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.+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.+18I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.+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.+20But the wicked
are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.+21There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.+
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