New English Translation

Isaiah 57:1-5 New English Translation (NET)

1. The godly perish,but no one cares.Honest people disappear,when no one mindsthat the godly disappear because of evil.

2. Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace;they rest on their beds.

3. But approach, you sons of omen readers,you offspring of adulteresses and prostitutes!

4. At whom are you laughing?At whom are you opening your mouthand sticking out your tongue?You are the children of rebels,the offspring of liars,

5. you who practice ritual sex under the oaks and every green tree,who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs.