World English Bible

Isaiah 57:20

“But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its 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 to him and to his mourners.

I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near," says Yahweh; "and I will heal them.

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked.

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