He — This just and merciful man shall enter into a state of rest, where he shall be out of the reach of the approaching miseries. They — just men. Here is a sudden change of the number, which is very frequent in the prophets. Beds — In their graves, which are not unfitly called their beds, as their death is commonly called sleep in scripture.
Verse Isaiah 57:2. _HE SHALT ENTER INTO PEACE_ - "He shall go in peace"] יבוא שלום _yabo shalom_; the expression is elliptical, such as the prophet frequently uses. The same sense is expressed at lar...
HE SHALL ENTER INTO PEACE - Lowth, ‘He shall go in peace.’ So the margin. Vulgate, ‘Peace shall come.’ Septuagint, ‘His sepulture (ἡ ταφὴ αὐτοῦ _hē_ _taphē_ _autou_) shall be in peace.’ The idea...
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...
HE: i.e. the righteous man. THEY: i.e. the men of grace. IN. upon, BEDS. couches. HIS UPRIGHTNESS. his straight path....
Render with R.V. (and marg.) HE ENTERETH INTO PEACE; THEY REST IN THEIR BEDS, EACH ONE THAT WALKED STRAIGHT BEFORE HIM. The "peace" and "rest" spoken of are those of the grave (Job 3:13 ff.), the "bed...
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...
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. HE SHALL ENTER INTO PEACE - in contrast to the persecutions which he suffered in this world (; ). The...
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...
HE SHALL ENTER INTO PEACE... — Notice- able as presenting the brighter side of the dim thoughts of Israel as to the life behind the veil, and so far contrasted with Hezekiah’s shrinking fear. (Comp. J...
יָבֹ֣וא שָׁלֹ֔ום יָנ֖וּחוּ עַל ־מִשְׁכְּבֹותָ֑ם הֹלֵ֖ךְ...
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...
(b) He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, [each one] walking [in] his uprightness. (b) The soul of the righteous will be in joy, and their body will rest in the grave to the time...
_Bed. The grave which affords rest to the virtuous, Josias, &c. (Calmet)_...
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...
2._Peace shall come. _The Prophet describes what shall be the condition of believers in death; for the wicked, who think that there is no life but the present, imagine that good men have perished; bec...
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....
HE SHALL ENTER INTO PEACE,.... Or "shall go in peace" d; the righteous man goes in peace now; he has peace from his justifying righteousness; he has peace through believing in Christ; he has peace in,...
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, [each one] walking [in] his uprightness. Ver. 2. _He shall enter into peace,_] _i.e., _ Into heaven, where the righteous - however looked upo...
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...
He shall enter into peace, namely, the one to whom Jehovah thus shows His mercy; THEY SHALL REST IN THEIR BEDS, slumbering safely in the chambers of their graves, EACH ONE WALKING IN HIS UPRIGHTNESS....
ENTER INTO PEACE: Or, go in peace IN HIS: Or, before him...
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...
HE SHALL ENTER INTO PEACE; this just and merciful man shall enter into a state of peace and rest, where he shall be out of the reach of the approaching miseries. Or, _He shall go_ (to wit, _to his fat...
Isaiah 57:2 enter H935 (H8799) peace H7965 rest H5117 (H8799) beds H4904 walking H1980 (H8802) uprightness...
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...
_He shall enter into peace_ THE BELIEVER IN LIFE, DEATH, AND ETERNITY Taking them together, the words of the text will lead us to contemplate the child of God-- I. IN THE STRENGTH AND VIGOUR OF LIF...
_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...
2 Chronicles 16:14; 2 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Ecclesiastes 12:7;...