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Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.
Isaiah 57:20 · World English Bible
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Isaiah 57:20 in other translations
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
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In context
17 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.
18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
19 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.”
20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.
21 “There is no peace”, says my God, “for the wicked.”
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