Isaiah
57 from Scroll 1Q Isaiaha
1 The righteous perish,
and
no one lays it to heart.
Merciful men are taken away,
and
no one considers that the righteous is taken
away from the evil.
2 He enters into peace.
They rest in their
his beds,
each one who walks in his uprightness.
3 “But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress,
you
offspring of adulterers and prostitutes.
4 Whom do you mock?
And against whom
do you make a wide mouth,
and
stick out your tongue?
Aren’t
you children of disobedience,
and
offspring of falsehood,
5 you
who inflame yourselves among the oaks,
under
every green tree;
who kill the children in the valleys,
under the clefts of
the rocks?
6 Among
the smooth stones of the valley is your portion;
they, they are your
lot.
You have even poured
a drink offering to them.
You
have offered an offering.
Shall
I be appeased for these things?
7 On a
high and lofty mountain you have set your bed.
You
also went up there to offer sacrifice.
8 You have set up your memorial behind the doors and the
posts;
for you have exposed
yourself to someone besides me,
and
have gone up;
you
have enlarged your bed,
and made you a covenant with them.
You
loved what you saw on their bed.
9 You
went to the king with oil,
and
increased your perfumes,
and
sent your ambassadors far off,
and
degraded yourself even to Sheol.
10 You
were wearied with the length of your ways;
yet
you didn’t say, ‘It is in vain.’
You found a reviving of your strength;
therefore
you weren’t faint.
11 “Whom
have you dreaded and feared,
so that you lie,
and have not remembered me, nor laid it these things
to your heart?
Haven’t I held my peace for
a long time,
and
you don’t fear me?
12 I
will declare your righteousness;
and
as for your works, they what you have gathered will not benefit you.
13 When
you cry,
let those whom you have gathered deliver you;
but
the wind will take them.
a
breath will carry them all away:
but he who takes refuge in me will possess the land,
and will inherit my holy mountain.”
14 He will say, “Build up,
build up the
highway, prepare the way!
Remove
the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”
15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity,
whose
name is Holy:
“I dwell He dwells
in the high and holy place, with him also
who is of a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble,
and
to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 For I will not
contend forever, neither will I always be
angry;
for the spirit would faint before me,
and
the souls whom I have made.
17 I
was angry because of the iniquity of his
covetousness, and struck him;
I hid myself and was angry;
and
he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
18 I
have seen his ways, and will heal him:
I will lead him also,
and
restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
19 When I create the fruit of the lips:
Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is
near,”
says
Yahweh; “and I will heal them.”
20 But
the wicked are like the troubled sea;
for it can’t rest,
and its waters cast up mire and mud.
21 “There is no peace”, says my
God,
“for
the wicked.”
Isaiah 57 from Scroll 1Q Isaiahb
1 The righteous perish,
and no one lays it to heart.
Merciful men are taken away,
and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.
2 He They enters into peace.
They rest in their beds,
each one who walks in his uprightness.
3 “But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress,
you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes.
4 Whom do you mock?
Against whom do you make a wide mouth,
and stick out your tongue?
Aren’t you children of disobedience,
and offspring of
falsehood,
[..]
17 I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness, and struck him;
I hid myself and was angry;
and he went on backsliding in the way of
his heart.
18 I have seen his ways, and will
heal him:
I will lead him also,
and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
19 I create the fruit of the lips:
Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,”
says Yahweh; “and I will heal them.”
20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea;
for it can’t rest, and its waters cast up mire and mud.
21 “There is no peace”, says my God,
“for the wicked.”
Isaiah 57 from Scroll 4Q58 Isaiahd
9 You
went to the king with oil,
and
increased your perfumes,
and
sent your ambassadors far off,
and
degraded yourself even to Sheol.
10 You were wearied with the length of your
ways;
yet
you didn’t say, ‘It is in vain.’
You
found a reviving of your strength;
therefore
you weren’t faint.
11 “Whom
have
you dreaded and feared,
so
that you lie,
and
have not remembered me, nor laid it to your
heart?
Haven’t I held my peace for
a long time,
and
you don’t fear me?
12 I
will declare your righteousness;
and
as for your works, they will not benefit you.
13 When
you cry,
let those whom you
have gathered deliver you;
but the
wind will take them.
a breath will carry them all away:
but he who takes refuge in me will possess the
land,
and will inherit my holy mountain.”
14 He
will say, “Build up, build up, prepare
the way!
Remove
the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”
15 For
thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity,
whose
name is Holy:
“I dwell He dwells
in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble
spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble,
and
to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 For
I will not contend forever, neither will I
always be angry;
for
the spirit would faint before me,
and the souls whom I have made.
17 I
was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness, and struck him;
I hid myself and was angry;
and
he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
18 I have
seen his
ways, and will heal him:
I
will lead him also,
and
restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
19 I create the fruit of the lips:
Peace,
peace, to him who is far off and to
him who is near,”
says
Yahweh; “and I
will heal them.”
20 But
the wicked are like the troubled
sea;
for
it can’t rest, and its waters cast up mire and mud.
21 “There
is no peace”, says my God,
“for
the wicked.”
Isaiah 57 from
Scroll 4Q62a Isaiahi
5 you
who inflame yourselves among the oaks,
under
every green tree;
who
kill the children in the valleys,
under
the clefts of the rocks?
6 Among
the smooth stones of the valley is your portion;
they,
they are your lot.
You
have even poured a drink offering to them.
You
have offered an offering.
Shall
I be appeased for these things?
7 On a
high and lofty mountain you have
set your bed.
You
also went up there to offer sacrifice.
8 You
have set up your memorial behind the
doors and the posts;
for
you have exposed yourself to someone besides me,
and
have gone up;
you
have enlarged your bed,
and
made you a covenant with them.
You
loved what you saw on their bed.