Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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, saith my God concerning the wicked.
Cross References
Job 15:20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
Job 20:11His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not, except they have done evil; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Isaiah 48:22There is no peace, saith the LORD concerning the wicked.
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 →