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| 1The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity; | 1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. |
| 2he enters into peace; they rest in their beds who walk in their uprightness. | 2Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death. |
| 3But you, draw near, sons of the sorceress, offspring of the adulterer and the loose woman. | 3"But you--come here, you children of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! |
| 4Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open your mouth wide and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, the offspring of deceit, | 4Who are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not a brood of rebels, the offspring of liars? |
| 5you who burn with lust among the oaks, under every green tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? | 5You burn with lust among the oaks and under every spreading tree; you sacrifice your children in the ravines and under the overhanging crags. |
| 6Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, they, are your lot; to them you have poured out a drink offering, you have brought a grain offering. Shall I relent for these things? | 6The idols among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion; indeed, they are your lot. Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings and offered grain offerings. In view of all this, should I relent? |
| 7On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifice. | 7You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill; there you went up to offer your sacrifices. |
| 8Behind the door and the doorpost you have set up your memorial; for, deserting me, you have uncovered your bed, you have gone up to it, you have made it wide; and you have made a covenant for yourself with them, you have loved their bed, you have looked on nakedness. | 8Behind your doors and your doorposts you have put your pagan symbols. Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed, you climbed into it and opened it wide; you made a pact with those whose beds you love, and you looked with lust on their naked bodies. |
| 9You journeyed to the king with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far off, and sent down even to Sheol. | 9You went to Molek with olive oil and increased your perfumes. You sent your ambassadors far away; you descended to the very realm of the dead! |
| 10You were wearied with the length of your way, but you did not say, “It is hopeless”; you found new life for your strength, and so you were not faint. | 10You wearied yourself by such going about, but you would not say, 'It is hopeless.' You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not faint. |
| 11Whom did you dread and fear, so that you lied, and did not remember me, did not lay it to heart? Have I not held my peace, even for a long time, and you do not fear me? | 11"Whom have you so dreaded and feared that you have not been true to me, and have neither remembered me nor taken this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me? |
| 12I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, but they will not profit you. | 12I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not benefit you. |
| 13When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you! The wind will carry them all off, a breath will take them away. But he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land and shall inherit my holy mountain. | 13When you cry out for help, let your collection of idols save you! The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But whoever takes refuge in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain." |
| 14And it shall be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people’s way.” | 14And it will be said: "Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people." |
| 15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite. | 15For this is what the high and exalted One says-- he who lives forever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite. |
| 16For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before me, and the breath of life that I made. | 16I will not accuse them forever, nor will I always be angry, for then they would faint away because of me-- the very people I have created. |
| 17Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry, I struck him; I hid my face and was angry, but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart. | 17I was enraged by their sinful greed; I punished them, and hid my face in anger, yet they kept on in their willful ways. |
| 18I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners, | 18I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel's mourners, |
| 19creating the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and to the near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal him. | 19creating praise on their lips. Peace, peace, to those far and near," says the LORD. "And I will heal them." |
| 20But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt. | 20But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud. |
| 21There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.” | 21"There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked." |
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