Isaiah · Berean Standard Bible
Isaiah 57 Berean Standard Bible
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1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
1 PERECE el justo, y no hay quien pare mientes; y los píos son recogidos, y no hay quien entienda que delante de la aflicción es recogido el justo.
2 Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.
2 Entrará en la paz; descansarán en sus lechos [todos] los que andan delante de [Dios].
3 “But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
3 Mas vosotros llegaos acá, hijos de la agorera, generación de adúltero y de fornicaria.
4 Whom are you mocking? At whom do you snarl and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,
4 ¿De quién os habéis mofado? ¿contra quién ensanchasteis la boca, y alargasteis la lengua? ¿No sois vosotros hijos rebeldes, simiente mentirosa,
5 who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
5 Que os enfervorizáis con los ídolos debajo de todo árbol umbroso, que sacrificáis los hijos en los valles, debajo de los peñascos?
6 Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?
6 En las pulimentadas [piedras] del valle está tu parte; ellas, ellas son tu suerte; y á ellas derramaste libación, y ofreciste presente. ¿No me tengo de vengar de estas cosas?
7 On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.
7 Sobre el monte alto y empinado pusiste tu cama: allí también subiste á hacer sacrificio.
8 Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.
8 Y tras la puerta y el umbral pusiste tu recuerdo: porque á otro que á mí [te] descubriste, y subiste, y ensanchaste tu cama, é hiciste con ellos alianza: amaste su cama donde quiera que la veías.
9 You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.
9 Y fuiste al rey con ungüento, y multiplicaste tus perfumes, y enviaste tus embajadores lejos, y te abatiste hasta el profundo.
10 You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.
10 En la multitud de tus caminos te cansaste, mas no dijiste: No hay remedio; hallaste la vida de tu mano, por tanto no te arrepentiste.
11 Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
11 ¿Y de quién te asustaste y temiste, que has faltado á la fe, y no te has acordado de mí, ni te vino al pensamiento? ¿No he yo disimulado desde tiempos antiguos, y nunca me has temido?
12 I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.
12 Yo publicaré tu justicia y tus obras, que no te aprovecharán.
13 When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain.”
13 Cuando clamares, líbrente tus allegados; empero á todos ellos llevará el viento, un soplo los arrebatará; mas el que en mí espera, tendrá la tierra por heredad, y poseerá el monte de mi santidad.
14 And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
14 Y dirá: Allanad, allanad; barred el camino, quitad los tropiezos del camino de mi pueblo.
15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
15 Porque así dijo el Alto y Sublime, el que habita la eternidad, y cuyo nombre es el Santo: Yo habito en la altura y la santidad, y con el quebrantado y humilde de espíritu, para hacer vivir el espíritu de los humildes, y para vivificar el corazón de los quebrantados.
16 For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
16 Porque no tengo de contender para siempre, ni para siempre me he de enojar: pues decaería ante mí el espíritu, y las almas que yo he criado.
17 I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.
17 Por la iniquidad de su codicia me enojé y heríle, escondí [mi rostro] y ensañéme; y fué él rebelde por el camino de su corazón.
18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
18 Visto he sus caminos, y le sanaré, y le pastorearé, y daréle consolaciones, á él y á sus enlutados.
19 bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
19 Crío fruto de labios: Paz, paz al lejano y al cercano, dijo Jehová; y sanarélo.
20 But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
20 Mas los impíos son como la mar en tempestad, que no puede estarse quieta, y sus aguas arrojan cieno y lodo.
21 “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
21 No hay paz, dijo mi Dios, para los impíos.
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Kings 22:20; 2 Chronicles 34:28; Psalm 12:1; Micah 7:2; Isaiah 42:25
- 2 Revelation 14:13; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Job 3:17; Luke 2:29; 2 Corinthians 5:8
- 3 Matthew 16:4; 1 John 3:10; James 4:4; Hosea 1:2; Revelation 17:1–5
- 4 2 Peter 2:13; Psalm 35:21; Exodus 9:17; Isaiah 1:4; Psalm 22:13
- 5 2 Kings 16:3–4; Isaiah 1:29; Ezekiel 16:20; Jeremiah 7:31; 2 Kings 23:10
- 6 Jeremiah 3:9; Jeremiah 7:18; Habakkuk 2:19; Jeremiah 19:13; Isaiah 66:3
- 7 Ezekiel 16:16; Ezekiel 23:41; Jeremiah 2:20; Ezekiel 16:25; Jeremiah 3:6
- 8 Ezekiel 23:41; Ezekiel 23:2–20; Ezekiel 8:8–12; Ezekiel 16:32; Ezekiel 16:25–28
- 9 Ezekiel 23:16; Isaiah 30:1–6; Ezekiel 23:40; Isaiah 31:1–3; Colossians 2:18
- 10 Jeremiah 2:25; Jeremiah 18:12; Jeremiah 5:3; Isaiah 47:13; 2 Chronicles 28:22–23
- 11 Isaiah 51:12–13; Proverbs 29:25; Psalm 50:21; Jeremiah 3:21; Jeremiah 9:3–5
- 12 Matthew 23:13; Romans 3:10–20; Micah 3:2–4; Isaiah 1:11–15; Jeremiah 7:4–11
- 13 Psalm 37:9; Psalm 37:3; Isaiah 65:25; Isaiah 56:7; Ezekiel 20:40
- 14 Isaiah 62:10; Luke 3:5–6; Isaiah 35:8; Isaiah 40:3; Jeremiah 18:15
- 15 Psalm 34:18; Isaiah 66:1–2; Psalm 138:6; Psalm 147:3; Exodus 15:11
- 16 Micah 7:18; Jeremiah 10:24; Psalm 103:9–16; Psalm 85:5; Hebrews 12:9
- 17 Isaiah 56:11; Colossians 3:5; Jeremiah 6:13; 2 Peter 2:14; Ephesians 5:3–5
- 18 Jeremiah 33:6; Revelation 7:17; Jeremiah 3:22; Hosea 14:4–8; Jeremiah 31:3
- 19 Acts 2:39; Hebrews 13:15; Luke 10:5–6; Acts 10:36; Ephesians 6:19
- 20 Isaiah 3:11; Proverbs 4:16–17; Job 18:5–14; Jude 12; Job 20:11–29
- 21 Isaiah 48:22; Isaiah 3:11; 2 Kings 9:22; Isaiah 59:8; Romans 3:16–17
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He says, "For behold how the just man perishes, and no man considers it; and righteous men are taken away, and no man layeth it to heart." These things were acted beforehand in Abel, were also previously declared by the prophets, but were accomplished in the Lord's person; and the same [is still true] with regard to us, the body …
So that the Prophet in amazement speaks of this too, Against whom have ye opened your mouth, and against whom have ye let loose your tongue?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
For as a man is said to "perish," according to that which is written, Behold, how the righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, and this, though the resurrection is looked for; so we look for a resurrection, as it were, of the heavens also.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)