Isaiah 57:20
But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
In Context
21There is no peace, says my God, for the evil-doers.
Cross References
Job 15:20The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.
Job 20:11His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust.
Proverbs 4:16For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.
Isaiah 48:22There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.
Jude 1:12These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots,
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:18-21
The Divine Forbearance and Mercy. ( b. c. 706.) 17 For 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. 18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. 19 I 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. 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose… Read the whole commentary →