Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 57:1
The righteous — Just and holy men. No man — Few or none. Layeth it to heart — Is duly affected with this sad sign of God's displeasure.
The righteous — Just and holy men. No man — Few or none. Layeth it to heart — Is duly affected with this sad sign of God's displeasure.
CHAPTER LVII _After mentioning the removal of righteous persons as an awful_ _symptom of the approach of Divine judgments_, 1, 2, _the prophet goes on to charge the nation in general with_ _idolat...
THE RIGHTEOUS PERISHETH - This refers, as I suppose, to the time of Manasseh (see the Introduction, Section 3). Grotius supposes, that it refers to king Josiah; Vitringa, that it refers to martyrs in...
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...
ISAIAH 56:9 TO ISAIAH 57:2. A DENUNCIATION OF THE RULERS OF THE COMMUNITY. This oracle seems not to be connected with the preceding, though, it arises out of the same circumstances. Yahweh bids the be...
MERCIFUL. kind. FROM THE EVIL TO COME. from the presence of the calamity. EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44: i.e. the calamity referred to in Jeremiah 22:10. See 2 Kings 22:16....
Isaiah 57:1. The most alarming feature of the situation, though the least noticed, is the gradual removal of the righteous members of the community. Comp. Psalms 12:1. _merciful men_ lit., MEN OF PIET...
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...
THE RIGHTEOUS PERISHETH, &C.— These words contain a kind of prelude to the distressful scene which is opened immediately after; for the prophet designing to describe the melancholy state of the _adult...
D. WEARINESS TO WICKED WHO BREAK COVENANT WITH THE LORD, CHAPTER 57 1. SORCERY TEXT: Isaiah 57:1-5 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none co...
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. In the midst of the excesses of the...
57:1 merciful (a-12) Or 'godly,' _ chesed_ . away, (b-16) away (b-24) Or 'gathered in.' see Jeremiah 8:2 ....
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...
Josiah, king of Judah, is one example (see 2 Kings 22:19-20). See also 1 Kings 14:12-13 and 1 Corinthians 10:13. WICKED BEHAVIOUR BRINGS PUNISHMENT V3 ‘But you evil people, listen! You have *
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...
LVII. (1) THE RIGHTEOUS PERISHETH... — The words seem written as if in the anticipation or in the actual presence of Manasseh’s persecution of the true prophets. Even before that persecution burst out...
הַ צַּדִּ֣יק אָבָ֔ד וְ אֵ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ שָׂ֣ם
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...
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away (a) from the evil [to come]. (a) From the plague that is...
_The just. Christ, (Calmet) Josias, (Grotius) or any whose cause is just, yet finds no protection from such corrupt magistrates. (Haydock) --- Evil, by the wicked, or to prevent his fall, 4 Kings xii....
The chapter open, with remarking the inattention of the world to the operations of God in his providence's. God's faithful servants die, and the breach is not lamented as it ought; none considering th...
CONTENTS The subject of this Chapter is not unsimilar to the former. The Holy Ghost, by his servant the Prophet, is reproving the unfaithfulness of the people. The close of the Chapter contains one o...
1._The righteous man hath perished. _Isaiah continues his subject; for, after having shown how fearlessly hypocrites indulge in their luxuries, and with what impudence they despise the word of God, he...
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....
THE RIGHTEOUS PERISHETH,.... Not eternally; he may fear he shall, by reason of sin and temptation; he may say his strength and hope are perished; and his peace and comfort may perish for a time; but h...
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come]. Ver. 1. _The righteous perishet...
These two verses “contain a kind of prelude to the distressful scene which is opened immediately after: for the prophet, designing to describe the melancholy state of the _adulterous church_, to be ch...
V. 1. THE RIGHTEOUS PERISHETH, namely, while the false teachers are forsaking their duties, AND NO MAN LAYETH IT TO HEART, no one is aware of the fact that the hand of God interferes in graciously tak...
MERCIFUL MEN: _ Heb._ men of kindness or godliness FROM THE EVIL TO COME: Or, from that which is evil...
1,2 The righteous are delivered from the sting of death, not from the stroke of it. The careless world disregards this. Few lament it as a public loss, and very few notice it as a public warning. They...
ISAIAH CHAPTER 57 The blessed death of the righteous not duly lamented by the Jews; who also commit idolatry, and trusted in man: they are threatened, ISAIAH 57:1; Evangelical promises to the penitent...
Isaiah 57:1 righteous H6662 perishes H6 (H8804) man H376 takes H7760 (H8802) heart H3820 Merciful H2617 men...
THE SUFFERINGS OF THE RIGHTEOUS UNDER INJUSTICE (ISAIAH 57:1). Isaiah 57:1 ‘The righteous man perishes, And no man lays it to heart, And the men of covenant love (chesed) are taken away, None con...
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...
_The righteous perisheth_ THE RIGHTEOUS PERISHING In view of this prevailing demoralization and worldliness (Isaiah 56:9), the righteous one succumbs to the grinding weight of external and internal s...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 57:1 THE RIGHTEOUS MAN PERISHES. Isaiah notices that there are fewer and fewer righteous people, AND NO ONE LAYS IT TO HEART, that is, people do not understand that this indicate...
THE DEATH OF THE GOOD (Funeral Sermon.) Isaiah 57:1. _The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, &c._ I. THOUGH GOD’S PEOPLE ARE THE EXCELLENT OF THE EARTH, YET THEY MUST DIE. Though “ri...
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...
1 Kings 14:13; 2 Chronicles 32:33; 2 Chronicles 34:28; 2 Chronicles 35:24;...