Isaiah · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Isaiah 57 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 The just perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, and men of mercy are taken away, because there is none that understandeth; for the just man is taken away from before the face 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 Let peace come, let him rest in his bed that hath walked in his uprightness.
2 Entrará en la paz; descansarán en sus lechos [todos] los que andan delante de [Dios].
3 But draw near hither, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer, and of the harlot.
3 Mas vosotros llegaos acá, hijos de la agorera, generación de adúltero y de fornicaria.
4 Upon whom have you jested? upon whom have you opened your mouth wide, and put out your tongue? are not you wicked children, a false seed,
4 ¿De quién os habéis mofado? ¿contra quién ensanchasteis la boca, y alargasteis la lengua? ¿No sois vosotros hijos rebeldes, simiente mentirosa,
5 Who seek your comfort in idols under every green tree, sacrificing children in the torrents, under the high 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 In the parts of the torrent is thy portion, this is thy lot: and thou hast poured out libations to them, thou hast offered sacrifice. Shall I not be angry at these things?
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 Upon a high and lofty mountain thou hast laid thy bed, and hast gone up thither to offer victims.
7 Sobre el monte alto y empinado pusiste tu cama: allí también subiste á hacer sacrificio.
8 And behind the door, and behind the post thou best set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself near me, and hast received an adulterer: thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made a covenant with them: thou hast loved their bed with open hand.
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 And thou hast adorned thyself for the king with ointment, and hast multiplied thy perfumes. Thou hast sent thy messengers far off, and wast debased even to hell.
9 Y fuiste al rey con ungüento, y multiplicaste tus perfumes, y enviaste tus embajadores lejos, y te abatiste hasta el profundo.
10 Thou hast been wearied in the multitude of thy ways: yet thou saidst not: I will rest: thou hast found life of thy hand, therefore thou hast not asked.
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 For whom hast thou been solicitous and afraid, that thou hast lied, and hast not been mindful of me, nor thought on me in thy heart? for I am silent, and as one that seeth not, and thou hast forgotten 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 declare thy justice, and thy works shall not profit thee.
12 Yo publicaré tu justicia y tus obras, que no te aprovecharán.
13 When thou shalt cry, let thy companies deliver thee, but the wind shall carry them all off, a breeze shall take them away, but he that putteth his trust in me, shall inherit the land, and shall possess my holy mount.
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 I will say: Make a way: give free passage, turn out of the path, take away the stumblingblocks 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 saith the High and the Eminent that inhabiteth eternity: and his name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high and holy place, and with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to 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 contend for ever, neither will I be angry unto the end: because the spirit shall go forth from my face, and breathings I will make.
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 For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and I struck him: I hid my face from thee, and was angry: and he went away wandering in his own 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 saw his ways, and I healed him, and brought him back, and restored comforts to him, and to them that mourn for him.
18 Visto he sus caminos, y le sanaré, y le pastorearé, y daréle consolaciones, á él y á sus enlutados.
19 I created the fruit of the lips, peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, said the Lord, and I healed him.
19 Crío fruto de labios: Paz, paz al lejano y al cercano, dijo Jehová; y sanarélo.
20 But the wicked are like the raging sea, which cannot rest, and the waves thereof cast up dirt and mire.
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 to the wicked, saith the Lord God.
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)