You are wearied with your many consultations; let those who study the heavens stand up and save you, those who gaze at the stars, and at each new moon predict what shall befall you.
Isaiah 57:10 - New Revised Standard Version You grew weary from your many wanderings, but you did not say, “It is useless.” You found your desire rekindled, and so you did not weaken. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You were wearied with the length of your way [in trying to find rest and satisfaction in alliances apart from the true God], yet you did not say, There is no result or profit. You found quickened strength; therefore you were not faint or heartsick [or penitent]. American Standard Version (1901) Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not, It is in vain: thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not faint. Common English Bible Worn out by all your efforts, yet you wouldn’t say, “This is useless.” You found new strength; therefore, you weren’t tired. Catholic Public Domain Version You have been wearied by the multitude of your own ways. Yet you did not say, "I will cease." You have found life by your own hand; because of this, you have not prayed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou hast been wearied in the multitude of thy ways: yet thou saidst not: I will rest. Thou hast found life of thy hand: therefore thou hast not asked. |
You are wearied with your many consultations; let those who study the heavens stand up and save you, those who gaze at the stars, and at each new moon predict what shall befall you.
But they say, “It is no use! We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of our evil will.”
Keep your feet from going unshod and your throat from thirst. But you said, “It is hopeless, for I have loved strangers, and after them I will go.”
How lightly you gad about, changing your ways! You shall be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria.
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and the spring rain has not come; yet you have the forehead of a whore, you refuse to be ashamed.
O Lord, do your eyes not look for truth? You have struck them, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to turn back.
They all deceive their neighbors, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongues to speak lies; they commit iniquity and are too weary to repent.
In vain I have wearied myself; its thick rust does not depart. To the fire with its rust!
Is it not from the Lord of hosts that peoples labor only to feed the flames, and nations weary themselves for nothing?
I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived