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Isaiah 57:2

New American Bible - revised edition

and enter into peace; They rest upon their couches, the sincere, who walk in integrity.

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When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said: I am God the Almighty. Walk in my presence and be blameless.

They buried him in the tomb he had hewn for himself in the City of David, after laying him on a couch that was filled with spices and various kinds of aromatics compounded into an ointment; and they kindled a huge fire for him.

There the wicked cease from troubling, there the weary are at rest.

Observe the person of integrity and mark the upright; Because there is a future for a man of peace.

And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the life breath returns to God who gave it.

All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb;

The way of the just is smooth; the path of the just you make level.

Thus says the Lord: Stand by the earliest roads, ask the pathways of old, “Which is the way to good?” and walk it; thus you will find rest for yourselves. But they said, “We will not walk it.”

Among the slain is set its bed, with all its horde around its grave; All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword Because of the terror they spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who go down into the pit. Among the slain it is set!

Go, take your rest, you shall rise for your reward at the end of days.”

His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.’

Both were righteous in the eyes of God, observing all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.

When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried,

“Now, Master, you may let your servant go in peace, according to your word,

But he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

For we know that if our earthly dwelling, a tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God, a dwelling not made with hands, eternal in heaven.

Yet we are courageous, and we would rather leave the body and go home to the Lord.

I am caught between the two. I long to depart this life and be with Christ, [for] that is far better.

I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” said the Spirit, “let them find rest from their labors, for their works accompany them.” The Harvest of the Earth.




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