Isaiah 57:20

But the resha'im are like the troubled yam (sea), 1 when it cannot sheket (be quiet), 1 whose mayim cast up mire and mud. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

19I create the [repentant] fruit of the lips; 1 Shalom, shalom to him that is far off, 1 and to him that is near, saith Hashem; 1 and I will heal him. 1

21There is no shalom, saith Elohai, 1 for the resha'im. + 57:21 T.N. For deliverance ministry fasting is a key weapon, one that is needed in spiritual warfare in the last days as we see people getting demonized and needing deliverance.

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Cross References

Job 15:20The reshah travaileth with pain all his yamim, 1 and numbered shanim are reserved for the oppressor. 1

Job 20:11His atzmot are full of youthful vigor, 1 which shall lie down with him in the aphar. 1

Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not, unless they have done evil; 1 and their sheynah (sleep) is robbed, unless they cause some to fall. 1

Isaiah 48:22There is no shalom, saith Hashem, 1 unto the resha'im.

Jude 1:12These [men] are hidden reefs [moored at] your seudas (agape-feasts), feasting with you without yires-hakoved, shepherding themselves, waterless clouds being carried away by winds, autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, torn up from their shorashim (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 →

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