Isaiah 57

1 [the] righteous to perish and nothing man: anyone to set: put upon heart and human kindness to gather in/on/with nothing to understand for from face: before [the] distress: harm to gather [the] righteous

Righteous people [sometimes] die [when they are still young], and no one is concerned about it. Godly people [sometimes] die because of disasters, and no one understands why. They are taken away in order that they will not endure more calamities,

2 to come (in): come peace to rest upon bed their to go: walk straightforward his

and now they have peace. They [continually] lived righteously, and [now] they rest [peacefully] in their graves.

3 and you(m. p.) to present: come here/thus son: child to divine seed: children to commit adultery and to fornicate

[Yahweh says, ] “But you who practice sorcery, come here! You who worship idols [MET], [listen to me]!

4 upon who? to delight upon who? to enlarge lip to prolong tongue not you(m. p.) youth transgression seed: children deception

Do you realize [RHQ] whom you are ridiculing, and whom you are insulting? Do you realize [RHQ] to whom you are sticking out your tongues? [You are insulting me, Yahweh]! You are [RHQ] always rebelling against me and always lying.

5 [the] to warm in/on/with terebinth underneath: under all tree luxuriant to slaughter [the] youth in/on/with torrent: valley underneath: under cleft [the] crag

You are eager to have sex under every [big] green tree where you worship your gods. You kill your children as sacrifices [to your idols] in the dry riverbeds, and [also] offer them [as sacrifices to your idols] in the rocky caves.

6 in/on/with smooth torrent: river portion your they(masc.) they(masc.) allotted your also to/for them to pour: pour drink offering to ascend: establish offering upon these to be sorry: relent

[You take big] smooth stones from the riverbeds and worship them as your gods. You pour out [wine] to be an offering to them, and you bring grain [to burn for] an offering to them. Do you think that I should not punish you for doing all those things?

7 upon mountain: mount high and to lift: raise to set: make bed your also there to ascend: rise to/for to sacrifice sacrifice

You have sex [EUP] [with cult prostitutes] on every hill and mountain, and you go there to offer sacrifices [to your gods].

8 and after [the] door and [the] doorpost to set: make memorial your for from with me to reveal: uncover and to ascend: rise to enlarge bed your and to cut: make(covenant) to/for you from them to love: lover bed their hand: penis to see

You have put (fetishes/pagan symbols) behind your doors and doorposts, and you have deserted me. You have taken off your clothes [EUP] and climbed into your bed and invited more [of your lovers] to come to bed with you. You have paid them to have sex with you, and you have fondled their sexual organs.

9 and to travel to/for king in/on/with oil and to multiply perfumery your and to send: depart (envoy your *L(abh)*) till from distant and to abase till hell: Sheol (Sheol h7585)

You have given [fragrant] oil and lots of perfume to your god Molech, and you sent messengers to distant countries [to find other gods to worship]; you [even tried to] send [messengers] to the place of the dead [to search for new gods]. (Sheol h7585)

10 in/on/with abundance way: journey your be weary/toil not to say to despair living thing hand: power your to find upon so not be weak: weak

You became weary because of doing all those things, but you never said, ‘It is useless [for us to do that].’ You found new strength for worshiping idols, so you continued to do that [LIT].

11 and [obj] who? be anxious and to fear: revere for to lie and [obj] me not to remember not to set: put upon heart your not I be silent and from forever: antiquity and [obj] me not to fear: revere

Was it because you were afraid [of those idols more than you were afraid of me] that you lied [about what you were doing], and you do not even think about [DOU, RHQ] me? Was it because I did not punish you for a long time that you are not afraid of me [RHQ]?

12 I to tell righteousness your and [obj] deed your and not to gain you

You [think that] [IRO] the things that you have done are right, but I will tell the truth. It will not help you to do any of those things.

13 in/on/with to cry out you to rescue you collection your and [obj] all their to lift: bear spirit: breath to take: take vanity and [the] to seek refuge in/on/with me to inherit land: country/planet and to possess: possess mountain: mount holiness my

When you cry out [for help] to your collection of idols, they will not rescue you. The wind will blow them away [DOU]. But those who trust in me will live in the land [of Israel], and [they will worship me on Zion], my sacred hill.”

14 and to say to build to build to turn way: road to exalt stumbling from way: road people my

Yahweh will say, “Prepare [yourselves to receive] me, [like] [MET] people build and prepare a road [for a king to come on]. Get rid of [the things that are causing you to sin] [like] [MET] people remove from a road (obstacles/things that cause people to stumble).

15 for thus to say to exalt and to lift: exalt to dwell perpetuity and holy name his height and holy to dwell and with contrite and low spirit to/for to live spirit low and to/for to live heart to crush

Because this is what [I], Yahweh, who am holy and greatly honored and who live forever, say: I live in the highest heaven, where [everything] is holy, but I also am with those who are humble and who are sorry for the sinful things that they have done. I will greatly encourage [DOU] those who have repented.

16 for not to/for forever: enduring to contend and not to/for perpetuity be angry for spirit from to/for face: before my to enfeeble and breath I to make

I will not accuse [people] forever; I will not always be angry [with them], because [if I did that], people would become weak/discouraged; all the people whom I created and caused to live would die.

17 in/on/with iniquity: crime unjust-gain his be angry and to smite him to hide and be angry and to go: went turning back in/on/with way: conduct heart his

I was angry [with my people] because they sinned by wanting the things that others had. So because I was angry, I punished them and turned away from them, but they continued sinning.

18 way: conduct his to see: see and to heal him and to lead him and to complete comfort to/for him and to/for mourning his

I have seen the evil things that they continually do, but I will restore them and lead them. I will encourage/comfort them. And to those who are mourning,

19 to create (fruit *Q(K)*) lips peace peace to/for distant and to/for near to say LORD and to heal him

I will enable them to sing songs to praise me. I will restore [all my people], those who live near [Jerusalem] and those who live far away, and I will cause things to go well for them.

20 and [the] wicked like/as sea to drive out: drive out for to quiet not be able and to drive out: drive out water his mire and mud

Wicked [people do not have peace in their inner beings]; they are like [SIM] a sea [whose waves are] always churning up mud,

21 nothing peace to say God my to/for wicked

and [I], Yahweh, say that things will never (go well/be peaceful) for those who are evil.”