NET Bible
"I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you."
— Isaiah 57:12, NET Bible
“I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.”
“I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee. ”
“I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you.”
“I will declare thy justice, and thy works shall not profit thee.”
“I will make clear what your righteousness is like and your works; you will have no profit in them.”
“I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.”
You take olive oil as tribute to your king, along with many perfumes. You send your messengers to a distant place; you go all the way to Sheol.
Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, but you do not say,‘I give up.’ You get renewed energy, so you don’t collapse.
Whom are you worried about? Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully and not remember me or think about me? Because I have been silent for so long, you are not afraid of me.
I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.
When you cry out for help, let your idols help you! The wind blows them all away, a breeze carries them away. But the one who looks to me for help will inherit the land and will have access to my holy mountain.”
He says,“Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”
For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.