But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
But the wicked (are) like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest - rather [ kiy (H3588)], 'for it can have no rest' (Job 15:20, etc.; Proverbs 4:16). The English version represents the sea as occasionally agitated, but the Hebrew expresses that it can never be at rest.
BUT THE WICKED - All who are transgressors of the law and who remain unpardoned. The design of this is to contrast their condition with that of those who should enjoy peace. The proposition is, theref...
Chapter s 56:9-57:14 must be read continuously. CHAPTER S 56:9-57:21 The Condition of the Apostate Nation and the two Classes 1. _The condition of the shepherds of Israel (Isaiah 56:9) _ 2. _Apostat...
A GRACIOUS PROMISE TO THE PARTY OF THE PIOUS. This oracle is modelled on Isaiah 40, though the way is figurative. Yahweh commands that the Way of His adherents be raised and freed from obstacles. He,...
WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44, THE TROUBLED SEA. the sea when tossed. WHEN. for....
Isaiah 56:9 to Isaiah 57:21. A Protest against the Unworthy Shepherds of God's Flock, and the arrogant Heathenism by which it is threatened; followed by a Message of Consolation to True Israelites Th...
Their peace is contrasted with the eternal unrest of the wicked. For the image cf. Judges 13. _when_( FOR) _it cannot rest_ as Jeremiah 49:23....
In striking contrast to the menacing tone of Isaiah 57:3 ff. is the impressive and elevated language in which the prophet now sets forth the gracious thoughts of Jehovah towards His erring but repenta...
DISCOURSE: 991 NO PEACE TO THE WICKED Isaiah 57:20. _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._ WE...
BUT THE WICKED, &C.— Hence we learn, that the church at this time should be divided into two parties: besides the humble and penitent, confessors of truth, there should be the wicked; those who were v...
5. SEETHING TEXT: Isaiah 57:20-21 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. QUERIE...
2. The peace of the grave is better than the condition of unrest under their rulers (Isaiah 57:1). SHALL ENTER.. SHALL REST] RV 'entereth.. rest.' 3, 5. SONS, etc.] i.e. descendants, perpetuating the...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 57 GOD’S LOYAL PEOPLE MAY SUFFER V1 Sometimes good people die young. So do some holy p...
People must choose whether to put their complete trust in the *Lord, or to continue to follow their own desires. But people will never know real satisfaction if they do not put their complete trust in...
THE WICKED ARE LIKE THE TROUBLED SEA... — The promise of healing is, however, not unconditional. The acceptance of peace requires calmness; but for the wicked, whose thoughts are restlessly seething w...
וְ הָ רְשָׁעִ֖ים כַּ † יָּ֣ם נִגְרָ֑שׁ...
CHAPTER XXIII THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE Isaiah 56:9; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:1 IT was inevitable, as so
NO PEACE TO THE WICKED Isaiah 57:1-21 A terrible portrayal is given here of the idolatries and impurities into which the Chosen People had fallen. These scenes under “the oaks” (r.v.) and in the vall...
Because of the failure of these blind watchmen and drunken leaders, righteous men perish, while none lay it to heart. Moreover, the people have yielded to the evil influences of such leaders; "sons of...
But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it (z) cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. (z) Their evil conscience always torments them and therefore they can never have rest, (Isaiah...
_Dirt. Literally, "treading," conculcationem. (Haydock) --- The works of the wicked are fruitless. They have no content. (Calmet) Non enim gazæ neque consularis_ Summovet lictor miseros tumultus, Me...
These words are as awful, as the foregoing were comfortable. But every day's experience showeth, that the one is as sure as the other. When God's judgments and chastisements do not soften, they harden...
20._But the wicked. _Having formerly spoken of the “peace” which good men shall enjoy, he threatens that the wicked, on the contrary, shall have continual war and incessant uneasiness and distress of...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 55, 56, AND 57. Chapter s 55, 56, 57 are exhortations given in view of these things. Chapter 55 is full free grace, which consequently embraces the Gentiles....
BUT THE WICKED ARE LIKE THE TROUBLED SEA, WHEN IT CANNOT REST,.... Disturbed by winds, storms, and hurricanes, when its waves rise, rage, and tumble about, and beat against the shore and sand, threate...
But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. Ver. 20. _But the wicked are like the troubled sea._] Whose surges are not more lofty than muddy....
_I create_ I will, by my almighty power, in a wonderful manner produce; _the fruit of the lips_ Praise and thanksgiving, termed the fruit of the lips, Hosea 14:2; Hebrews 13:15. God creates this fruit...
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, their rejection of the Lord's salvation causing them to become like a storm-tossed ocean, WHEN IT CANNOT REST, WHOSE WATERS, churning up the very floor of the...
Jehovah Grants Salvation and Peace to the Repentant. What the Lord had indicated at the end of the fast paragraph He now elaborates upon....
13-21 The idols and their worshippers shall come to nothing; but those who trust in God's grace, shall be brought to the joys of heaven. With the Lord there is neither beginning of days, nor end of l...
Their minds are restless, being perpetually hurried and tormented with their own lusts and passions, and with the horror of their guilt, and the dread of the Divine vengeance due unto them, and ready...
Isaiah 57:20 wicked H7563 troubled H1644 (H8737) sea H3220 cannot H3201 (H8799) rest H8252 (H8687) waters...
YAHWEH WILL MAKE A WAY BACK TO HIMSELF AND WILL RESTORE THOSE WHOM HE CHOOSES TO HIMSELF IN SPITE OF THEIR UNDESERVING AND UNRESPONSIVENESS (ISAIAH 57:14). They must remember that in spite of what the...
Isaiah 57:15 I. A contrite heart does not merely mean a broken heart; it means more. It means literally a heart crushed, a heart ground to powder. You can have no stronger word. It was this heart whic...
The prophet has been giving a very terrible description of the sin of the nation. We need not read it all, but at last he says this: Isaiah 57:10. _Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way;_ «Th...
A lament for the death of the righteous many of them put to death by persecution. Isaiah 57:1. _The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none consideri...
CONTENTS: Further ethical instructions. Sins of the people denounced. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God is justly displeased when the voice of His rod is not heard, much more, when sin and idolatry a...
Isaiah 57:1. _The righteous perisheth._ This was written as a tribute, it would seem, to the memory of king Hezekiah, who was recently called from an earthly to a heavenly crown. He entered into peace...
_But the wicked are like the troubled sea_ THE RESTLESSNESS OF SIN Who are the wicked? Not only all who think and feel and do the wrong, but all who have not the right spirit within them--supreme s...
_For thus saith the High and Lofty One that inhabiteth eternity._ A ROYAL MANIFESTO A royal manifesto win His character as Sovereign, God brings before us, and before His loyal subjects in every age...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 57:14 God opens the way into his presence for all who are repentant. ⇐ ⇔...
THE UNHAPPINESS OF SINNERS Isaiah 57:20. _The wicked are like the troubled sea, &c._ [1728] [1728] See pp. 318, 319. A true picture of that continued state of restlessness, uncertainty, and apprehen...
THE PEACE OF GOD Isaiah 57:19. _Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, &c._ There was a time when man’s religion was the religion of spontaneous innocence: the only religion op...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 57:1, ISAIAH 57:2 THE EARLY DEATH OF RIGHTEOUS MEN ACCOUNTED FOR. The Hebrews were given to expec
The righteous man perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, and none is considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come (Isaiah 57:1). There are many w...
Isaiah 3:11; Job 15:20; Job 18:5; Job 20:11; Jude 1:12;...
Cast up — Their minds are restless, being perpetually hurried with their own lusts and passions, and with guilt, and the dread of the divine vengeance....