The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Deade]

Isaiah 56:9 (NKJV)

All you beasts of the field, come to devour, all you beasts in the forest.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Isaiah 56:10 (NKJV)

His watchmen are blind, They are all ignorant; They are all dumb dogs, They cannot bark;
Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Isaiah 56:11 (NKJV)

Yes, they are greedy dogs Which never have enough. And they are shepherds Who cannot understand;
They all look to their own way, Every one for his own gain, From his own territory.

 

[akaBeliever]

Isaiah 56:12 NKJV

12 “Come,” one says, “I will bring wine,
And we will fill ourselves with intoxicating drink;
Tomorrow will be as today,
And much more abundant.”

 

[akaBeliever]

Isaiah 57:1 NKJV

57 The righteous perishes,
And no man takes it to heart;
Merciful men are taken away,
While no one considers
That the righteous is taken away from evil.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Isaiah 57:2 (NKJV)

He shall enter into peace; They shall rest in their beds, Each one walking in his uprightness.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Isaiah 57:3 (NKJV)
“But come here, You sons of the sorceress, You offspring of the adulterer and the harlot!

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Isaiah 57:4 (NKJV)
Whom do you ridicule? Against whom do you make a wide mouth And stick out the tongue? Are you not children of transgression, Offspring of falsehood,

 

[SaltwaterGirl]

Isaiah 57:5

New King James Version

5 Inflaming yourselves with gods under every green tree,
Slaying the children in the valleys,
Under the clefts of the rocks?

 

[SaltwaterGirl]

Isaiah 57:6

New King James Version

6 Among the smooth stones of the stream
Is your portion;
They, they, are your lot!
Even to them you have poured a drink offering,
You have offered a grain offering.
Should I receive comfort in these?

 

[akaBeliever]

Isaiah 57:7 NKJV

7 “On a lofty and high mountain
You have set your bed;
Even there you went up
To offer sacrifice.

 

[akaBeliever]

Isaiah 57:8 NKJV

8 Also behind the doors and their posts
You have set up your remembrance;
For you have uncovered yourself to those other than Me,
And have gone up to them;
You have enlarged your bed
And made a covenant with them;
You have loved their bed,
Where you saw their nudity.

 

[Deade]

Isaiah 57:9 (NKJV)

You went to the king with ointment, and increased your perfumes; you sent your messengers far off, and even descended to Sheol.

 

[Deade]

Isaiah 57:10 (NKJV)

You are wearied in the length of your way; yet you did not say, ‘There is no hope.’ You have found the life of your hand; Therefore you were not grieved.

 

[akaBeliever]

Isaiah 57:11. NKJV

11 “And of whom have you been afraid, or feared,
That you have lied
And not remembered Me,
Nor taken it to your heart?
Is it not because I have held My peace from of old
That you do not fear Me?

 

[akaBeliever]

Isaiah 57:12 NKJV

12 I will declare your righteousness
And your works,
For they will not profit you.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Isaiah 57:13 (NIV)

When you cry out for help, let your collection of idols save you! The wind will carry all of them off,
a mere breath will blow them away. But whoever takes refuge in menwill inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.”

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Isaiah 57:14 (NIV)

And it will be said:

“Build up, build up, prepare the road!
Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.”

 

[SaltwaterGirl]

Isaiah 57:15 (NKJV)

15 For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
“I dwell in the high and holy place,
With him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
To revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

 

[SaltwaterGirl]

Isaiah 57:16. (NKJV)

16 For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For the spirit would fail before Me,
And the souls which I have made.