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Israel’s Futile Idolatry

57 The righteous perish,
    and no one takes it to heart;
the devout are taken away,
    while no one understands.
For the righteous are taken away from calamity,
    and they enter into peace;
those who walk uprightly
    will rest on their couches.
But as for you, come here,
    you children of a sorceress,
    you offspring of an adulterer and a whore.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:3 Heb an adulterer and she plays the whore

57 The righteous perish,(A)
    and no one takes it to heart;(B)
the devout are taken away,
    and no one understands
that the righteous are taken away
    to be spared from evil.(C)
Those who walk uprightly(D)
    enter into peace;
    they find rest(E) as they lie in death.

“But you—come here, you children of a sorceress,(F)
    you offspring of adulterers(G) and prostitutes!(H)

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