NET Bible
"He says,“Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”"
— Isaiah 57:14, NET Bible
“And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.”
“And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people. ”
“He will say, "Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people."”
“And I will say: Make a way: give free passage, turn out of the path, take away the stumblingblocks out of the way of my people.”
“And I will say, Make it high, make it high, get ready the way, take the stones out of the way of my people.”
“And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.”
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.
For I will not be hostile forever or perpetually angry, for then man’s spirit would grow faint before me, the life-giving breath I created.
I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.