Isaiah 57:20
Verse 20 of 21. The 57th of 66 chapters in Isaiah, in The Major Prophets.
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.
Isaiah 57:20 in the World English Bible
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.Read Isaiah 57:20 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:20
To those among them that were wicked, though they might return with the rest, their return was no peace, v. 20. The wicked, wherever he is, in Babylon or in Jerusalem, carries about with him the principle of his own uneasiness, and is like the troubled sea.
Read Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:17–21: The Divine Forbearance and Mercy. (b. c. 706.)
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