Isaiah
57
1 The just one is taken off, and no one understands that he is taken away from the calamity that comes, 2 he enters into peace. 4 Who are you mocking?
4 At whom are you making faces, opening wide your mouth and sticking out your tongue?
4 You are children of sin, offspring of deceit and falsehood,
6 Your heart is with your idols,
6 the smooth stones of the wadis to which you have poured out drink offerings
6 and brought oblations of grain.
6 Can I tolerate this?
8 You have set up your domestic idols
8 behind your doorposts and your doors.
8 Deserting me, you have uncovered your bed, climbed into it and spread it wide.
8 You made a bargain with those
8 whose bed you enjoy,
8 and you had intercourse with them.
9 With perfumed oil, you made yourself
9 look your best for Molech;
9 you sent envoys far afield –
9 the children you sent to your pagan god through a sacrificial death.
11 Where had gone your fear of me
11 that you should lie and disown me,
11 refuse me a place in your heart
11 and not remember me?
11 Have I held my peace so long
11 that you do not fear me any more?
12 But now I will tell your merits and your deeds, it will not be for your advantage. 13 When you cry out in distress, let your idols save you! The wind will blow them all away; a whiff of a breeze will carry them off.
13 When you cry out in distress, let your idols save you! The wind will blow them all away; a whiff of a breeze will carry them off. 13 But he who takes refuge in me will take possession of the land, my holy mountain his inheritance. There is no peace without justice
17 His wickedness enraged me for a time,
17 I smote him and hid my face,
17 for he, a rebel, wanted to go his own drive.
17 And I have seen his ways.
21 “There is no peace,” says my God,
21 “for the wicked.”