OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 20

Isaiah 57:20

But the wicked are like the troubled sea;

for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Isaiah 57:20 in context

Isaiah 57:17–21

I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness and struck him.

I hid myself and was angry;

and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

I have seen his ways, and will heal him.

I will lead him also,

and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

I create the fruit of the lips:

Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,”

says the LORD; “and I will heal them.”

Selected verse

But the wicked are like the troubled sea;

for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.

“There is no peace”, says my God,

“for the wicked.”

Read the complete chapter in World English Bible Updated.