King James Version (KJV)

Isaiah 57:20

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

Verse in context — Isaiah 57

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.

Prophecies of judgment and hope, pointing to the coming Messiah.