The King James Version Bible

Isaiah 57:12-17

  1. I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

  2. When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;

  3. And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

  4. For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

  5. For 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.

  6. 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.