Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, 1 and its waters churn up mire and mud. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
21There is no peace for the wicked one—says God.”
Cross References
Job 15:20The wicked man twists in pain all his days, 1 the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor to suffer. 1
Job 20:11His bones are full of youthful strength, 1 but it will lie down with him in the dust. 1
Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep until they do evil 1 and they are robbed of sleep until they cause someone to stumble. 1
Isaiah 48:22There is no peace for the wicked—says Yahweh.”
Jude 1:12These are the ones who are hidden reefs in your love feasts, when they feast with you shamelessly—shepherds who only feed themselves. They are clouds without rain, carried along by winds. They are autumn trees without fruit—twice dead, torn 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 →