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    Isaiah 57

    1 “Also a57:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT lacks Also; cf. LXX the righteous are perishing, b57:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read righteous person has perished but no one takes it to heart; devout people c57:1 Lit. people of the mercy; so 1QIsaa MT reads people of mercy; LXX reads just men are taken away, while no one understands that the righteous person is taken away from calamity.ISV — Isaiah 57:1

    2 Then d57:2 Or and; so 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack Then he enters into peace, and e57:2 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks and they’ll rest on his f57:2 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read their couches, each one living righteously. g57:2 Lit. one walking in his uprightness; so 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT reads her uprightnessISV — Isaiah 57:2

    3 “But as for you, come here, you children of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! h57:3 So LXX (cf. Syriac); 1QIsaa MT read she has practiced prostitutionISV — Isaiah 57:3

    4 Whom are you mocking? And i57:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT lack And against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, the offspring of lies,ISV — Isaiah 57:4

    5 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?ISV — Isaiah 57:5

    6 “Among the smooth stones j57:6 i.e. among the idols of the ravines is your portion— there they are as k57:6 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsai MT reads they—yes, they!—are; LXX reads there this is your lot. To them you have poured out drink offerings; you have brought grain offerings. Should I be lenient over such things?ISV — Isaiah 57:6

    7 “You have made your bed on a high and lofty mountain, and you went up to offer sacrifice there.ISV — Isaiah 57:7

    8 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 l57:8 1QIsaa reads sing.; MT reads pl. have made a pact for yourself with them; you have loved their bed, you have looked on their private parts. m57:8 Lit. their hand; i.e. a euphemism for the male sex organISV — Isaiah 57:8

    9 You went to Molech n57:9 i.e. to the Canaanite deity; or to the king with olive oil and increased your perfumes; you sent your ambassadors far away, you sent them down even to Sheol o57:9 i.e. the afterlife itself!ISV — Isaiah 57:9

    10 You grew tired with your many wanderings, p57:10 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads your wandering but you wouldn’t say: ‘It is hopeless.’ You found new strength for your desire, and so you did not falter.ISV — Isaiah 57:10

    11 “Whom did you so dread— and while you feared me q57:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT LXX read and fear — that you lied, and you did not remember me, and r57:11 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad LXX; MT lacks and did not lay to heart these things? s57:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT lack thing; LXX reads lay me to heart Haven’t I remained silent for a long time, and still you don’t fear me?”ISV — Isaiah 57:11

    12 “I will denounce your righteousness t57:12 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsad reads justice and your works, for your collections of idols u57:12 1QIsaa lacks of idols; 4QIsad MT LXX read for they will not benefit you.ISV — Isaiah 57:12

    13 When you cry out, let your collection deliver you! The wind will carry them all off, and v57:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and a mere breath will sweep them all away.” “But whoever w57:13 Lit. But the one; so 4QIsad MT; 1QIsaa reads But one (i.e. without article) takes refuge in me will possess the land, and will inherit my holy mountain.ISV — Isaiah 57:13

    14 And one has said: x57:14 So 1QIsaa; MT reads one will say; or I will say; LXX reads they will say ‘Build up! Build up the road! y57:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks the road Prepare the highway! Remove every obstacle from my people’s way.’ISV — Isaiah 57:14

    15 “For this is what the high and lofty One says, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “He lives z57:15 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; MT reads I live in the height and in holiness, aa57:15 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read in the high and holy place 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.ISV — Isaiah 57:15

    16 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.ISV — Isaiah 57:16

    17 Because of his wicked greed I was angry, so I punished him; and bb57:17 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad LXX; 1QIsab MT lack and I hid my face, and was angry— but he kept turning back to his stubborn will. cc57:17 Lit. into the way of his heartISV — Isaiah 57:17

    18 I’ve seen his ways, dd57:18 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsad reads way yet I will heal him, ee57:18 So 1QIsaa; MT reads him, and I will guide him; LXX reads him, and I will exhort him and restore for him ff57:18 So 1QIsaa; the reading is probably an error: MT LXX lack for him comfort gg57:18 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT use different but related words to him and for those who mourn for him hh57:18 Lit. for his mournersISV — Isaiah 57:18

    19 when ii57:19 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsad MT lack when I create the fruit of the lips: Peace jj57:19 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read Peace, peace cf. LXX to the one who is far away or near,” says the LORD, “and I’ll heal him.ISV — Isaiah 57:19

    20 But the wicked are tossed like the sea; kk57:20 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsad MT read are like the tossing sea for it is not able to ll57:20 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT lack able to keep still, and its waters toss up mire and mud.ISV — Isaiah 57:20

    21 “Yet mm57:21 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack Yet there is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”ISV — Isaiah 57:21

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