Isaiah 57:1-2 ESV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:1

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 general. But it seems probable to me that the prophet designs to describe the state of stupidity which prevailed in his own time, and to urge as one proof of it, that the pious part of the nation was taken away by violent death, and that the nation was not affected by it. Such was the guilt of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:2

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 is, that by his death the righteous man shall enter into rest. He shall get away from conflict, strife, agitation, and distress. This may either refer to the peaceful rest of the grave, or to that which awaits the just in a better world. The direct meaning here intended is probably the former, since the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 57:1-2

Isaiah 57:1-2. 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 chastised by the severe judgments of God, beholds, as it were in an ecstasy, the few pious and good men yet remaining in the church gradually falling off, and taken away, either by an immature or violent death: while there were but few who laid this matter to heart, and observed it... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 57:1-21

Corruption and idolatry (56:9-57:21)The Assyrian captivity of the northerners and the Babylonian captivity of the southerners did not include the whole populations. Those who were of no use to the conquerors were left behind, along with scattered country people who escaped the enemy. These and their descendants soon followed the old religious practices of the Canaanite people. They worshipped idols, offered human sacrifices to the god Molech, and practised fertility rites with religious... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 57:1

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 22:16-20 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 57:2

He: i.e. the righteous man. they: i.e. the men of grace. in = upon, beds = couches. his uprightness = his straight path. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 57:1

This is the final chapter (the 9th) in Section B of Division VI of Isaiah's prophecy; and it is composed principally of a series of severe warnings to God's people (the Jews) that nothing but disaster awaits them because of their turning away from God, their unspeakable ungodliness, idolatry, and hypocritical wickedness.There is no doubt whatever of its having been authored by Isaiah, and the time envisioned in the chapter is that of the times of Isaiah himself, and the times immediately... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 57:1-2

Isaiah 57:1-2. 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 adulterous church, to be chastised by the severe judgments of God, he beholds the few pious and good men yet remaining in the church, gradually falling off and taken away, either by an immature or a violent death; while there were but few who laid this matter to heart, and observed it... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:1

1. no man layeth it to heart—as a public calamity. merciful men—rather, godly men; the subjects of mercy. none considering—namely, what was the design of Providence in removing the godly. from the evil—Hebrew, from the face of the evil, that is, both from the moral evil on every side (Isaiah 56:10-12), and from the evils about to come in punishment of the national sins, foreign invasions, c. (Isaiah 56:9 Isaiah 57:13). So Ahijah's death is represented as a blessing conferred on him by God for... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:2

2. Or, "he entereth into peace"; in contrast to the persecutions which he suffered in this world (Job 3:13; Job 3:17). The Margin not so well translates, "he shall go in peace" (Psalms 37:37; Luke 2:29). rest—the calm rest of their bodies in their graves (called "beds," Luke 2:29- :; compare Isaiah 14:18; because they "sleep" in them, with the certainty of awakening at the resurrection, Isaiah 14:18- :) is the emblem of the eternal "rest" (Hebrews 4:9; Revelation 14:13). each one walking in . .... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 57:1-2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 57:1-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 57:1

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 57:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 57:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 57:1-2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:2

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