"But the wicked {are} like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt." — Isaiah 57:20

Isaiah 57:20 · KJV

“But the wicked {are} like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.”

— Isaiah 57:20

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.

Verse 21

{There is} no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

Isaiah 57 — Context

I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

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.

But the wicked {are} like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

{There is} no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

Cross References

Isaiah 3:11

Woe unto the wicked! {it shall be} ill {with him}: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. {given...: Heb. done to him}

Proverbs 4:16-17

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause {some} to fall.

Job 18:5-14

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

Job 15:20-24

The wicked man travaileth with pain all {his} days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

Job 20:11-29

His bones are full {of the sin} of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

Jude 1:12

These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds {they are} without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Psalms 73:18-20

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.