1 Ἴδετε ὡς ὁ δίκαιος ἀπώλετο, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐκδέχεται τῇ καρδίᾳ, καὶ ἄνδρες δίκαιοι αἴρονται, καὶ οὐδεὶς κατανοεῖ· ἀπὸ γὰρ προσώπου ἀδικίας ᾖρται ὁ δίκαιος. 2 Ἔσται ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἡ ταφὴ αὐτοῦ, ᾖρται ἐκ τοῦ μέσου. 3 Ὑμεῖς δὲ προσαγάγετε ὧδε υἱοὶ ἄνομοι, σπέρμα μοιχῶν καὶ πόρνης. 4 Ἐν τίνι ἐνετρυφήσατε; καὶ ἐπὶ τίνα ἠνοίξατε τὸ στόμα ὑμῶν; καὶ ἐπὶ τίνα ἐχαλάσατε τὴν γλῶσσαν ὑμῶν; οὐχ ὑμεῖς ἐστέ τέκνα ἀπωλείας; σπέρμα ἄνομον; 5 Οἱ παρακαλοῦντες εἴδωλα ὑπὸ δένδρα δασέα, σφάζοντες τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν ἐν ταῖς φάραγξιν ἀναμέσον τῶν πετρῶν; 6 Ἐκείνη σου ἡ μερίς, οὗτός σου ὁ κλῆρος, κᾀκείνοις ἐξέχεας σπονδὰς, καὶ τούτοις ἀνήνεγκας θυσίας· ἐπὶ τούτοις οὖν οὐκ ὀργισθήσομαι; 7 Ἐπʼ ὄρος ὑψηλὸν καὶ μετέωρον, ἐκεῖ σου ἡ κοίτη, καὶ ἐκεῖ ἀνεβίβασας θυσίας σου, 8 καὶ ὀπίσω τῶν σταθμῶν τῆς θύρας σου ἔθηκας μνημόσυνά σου· ᾤου, ὅτι ἐὰν ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ἀποστῇς, πλεῖόν τι ἕξεις; ἠγάπησας τοὺς κοιμωμένους μετὰ σοῦ, 9 καὶ ἐπλήθυνας τὴν πορνείαν σου μετʼ αὐτῶν, καὶ πολλοὺς ἐποίησας τοὺς μακρὰν ἀπὸ σοῦ, καὶ ἀπέστειλας πρέσβεις ὑπὲρ τὰ ὅριά σου, καὶ ἐταπεινώθης ἕως ᾅδου. 10 Ταῖς πολυοδίαις σου ἐκοπίασας, καὶ οὐκ εἶπας παύσομαι ἐνισχύουσα· ὅτι ἔπραξας ταῦτα, διατοῦτο οὐ κατεδεήθης μου σύ. 11 Τίνα εὐλαβηθεῖσα ἐφοβήθης, καὶ ἐψεύσω με, καὶ οὐκ ἐμνήσθης, οὐδὲ ἔλαβές με εἰς τὴν διάνοιαν, οὐδὲ εἰς τὴν καρδίαν σου; καὶ ἐγώ σε ἰδὼν παρορῶ, καὶ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἐφοβήθης. 12 Καὶ ἐγὼ ἀπαγγελῶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου, καὶ τὰ κακά σου, ἃ οὐκ ὠφελήσει σε, 13 ὅταν ἀναβοήσῃς ἐξελέσθωσάν σε ἐν τή θλίψει σου· τούτους γὰρ πάντας ἄνεμος λήψεται, καὶ ἀποίσει καταιγίς· οἱ δὲ ἀντεχόμενοί μου κτήσονται γῆν, καὶ κληρονομήσουσι τὸ ὄρος τὸ ἅγιόν μου· 14 Καὶ ἐροῦσι, καθαρίσατε ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ ὁδοὺς, καὶ ἄρατε σκῶλα ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ τοῦ λαοῦ μου. 15 Τάδε λέγει ὁ ὕψιστος, ἐν ὑψηλοῖς κατοικῶν τὸν αἰῶνα, ἅγιος ἐν ἁγίοις, ὄνομα αὐτῷ, ὕψιστος ἐν ἁγίοις ἀναπαυόμενος, καὶ ὀλιγοψύχοις διδοὺς μακροθυμίαν, καὶ διδοὺς ζωὴν τοῖς συντετριμμένοις τὴν καρδίαν. 16 Οὐκ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἐκδικήσω ὑμᾶς, οὐδὲ διαπαντὸς ὀργισθήσομαι ὑμῖν· πνεῦμα γὰρ παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἐξελεύσεται, καὶ πνοὴν πᾶσαν ἐγὼ ἐποίησα. 17 Διʼ ἁμαρτίαν βραχύ τι ἐλύπησα αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐπάταξα αὐτὸν, καὶ ἀπέστρεψα τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐλυπήθη, καὶ ἐπορεύθη στυγνὸς ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ. 18 Τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ ἑώρακα, καὶ ἰασάμην αὐτὸν, καὶ παρεκάλεσα αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔδωκα αὐτῷ παράκλησιν ἀληθινὴν, 19 εἰρήνην ἐπʼ εἰρήνῃ τοῖς μακρὰν καὶ τοῖς ἐγγὺς οὖσι· καὶ εἶπε Κύριος, ἰάσομαι αὐτοὺς. 20 Οἱ δὲ ἄδικοι κλυδωνισθήσονται, καὶ ἀναπαύσασθαι οὐ δυνήσονται. 21 Οὐκ ἔστι χαίρειν τοῖς ἀσεβέσιν, εἶπεν ὁ Θεός.
Isaiah · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Isaiah 57 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
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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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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)