Legacy Standard Bible

Isaiah 57:14-21

Yahweh Revives the Spirit of the Lowly

14And it will be said,aBuild up, build up, prepare the way,1Remove every stumbling block out of the way of My people.”15For thus says the One ahigh and lifted upWho bdwells forever, whose name is Holy,I cdwell on a high and holy place,And also with the dcrushed and lowly of spiritIn order to erevive the spirit of the lowlyAnd to revive the heart of the crushed.16For I will anot contend forever,bNor will I always be angry;For the spirit would grow faint before Me,And the cbreath of those whom I have made.17Because of the iniquity of his agreedy gain I was angry and struck him;I hid My face and was angry,And he went on bturning away, in the way of his heart.18I have seen his ways, but I will aheal him;I will blead him and cpay him and his mourners in full with comfort,19Creating the 1,apraise of the lips.bPeace, peace to him who is cfar and to him who is near,”Says Yahweh, “and I will heal him.”20But the awicked are like the tossing sea,For it cannot be quiet,And its waters toss up refuse and mud.21aThere is no peace,” says bmy God, “for the wicked.”