Isaiah 57
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
2He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
3But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
4Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
5Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
6Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
7Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
8Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
9And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
10Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
11And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
12I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
13When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
14And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
18I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
19I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
20But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
21There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- לֹאlôʼH380811× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- עַלʻalH59218× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- כִּיkîyH35887× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18705× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- אָמַרʼâmarH5595× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- אֵתʼêthH8535× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- לֵבlêbH38204× in this chapter
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
- מִשְׁכָּבmishkâbH49044× in this chapter
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
- רוּחַrûwachH73074× in this chapter
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
- שׂוּםsûwmH77604× in this chapter
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
- שָׁלוֹםshâlôwmH79654× in this chapter
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
- אַיִןʼayinH3693× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- מִיmîyH43103× in this chapter
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼH53753× in this chapter
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- אֲנִיʼănîyH5893× in this chapter
I
- עָלָהʻâlâhH59273× in this chapter
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
- קָצַףqâtsaphH71073× in this chapter
to crack off, i.e. (figuratively) burst out in rage
- גַּםgamH15712× in this chapter
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
- גָּרַשׁgârashH16442× in this chapter
to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce
- הָלַךְhâlakH19802× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- הֵםhêmH19922× in this chapter
they (only used when emphatic)
- הַרharH20222× in this chapter
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- זֶרַעzeraʻH22332× in this chapter
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- חָיָהchâyâhH24212× in this chapter
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
- יָדyâdH30272× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יֶלֶדyeledH32062× in this chapter
something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
- יָרֵאyârêʼH33722× in this chapter
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
- כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- נַחַלnachalH51582× in this chapter
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
- סָלַלçâlalH55492× in this chapter
to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)
- עַדʻadH57042× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- עוֹלָםʻôwlâmH57692× in this chapter
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
- אָסַףʼâçaphH6222× in this chapter
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64402× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- צַדִּיקtsaddîyqH66622× in this chapter
just
- קָדוֹשׁqâdôwshH69182× in this chapter
sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
- רוּםrûwmH73112× in this chapter
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
- רָחַבrâchabH73372× in this chapter
to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
- רָחוֹקrâchôwqH73502× in this chapter
remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
- רָפָאrâphâʼH74952× in this chapter
properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure