Isaiah 57:2

Isaiah 57:2

Israel’s Futile Idolatry

1 The righteous perishes,
And no man takes it to heart;
^aMerciful men are taken away,
^bWhile no one considers
That the righteous is taken away from¹ evil.

2 He shall enter into peace;
They shall rest in ^atheir beds,
Each one walking in his uprightness.

3 “But come here,
^aYou sons of the sorceress,
You offspring of the adulterer and the harlot!

4 Whom do you ridicule?
Against whom do you make a wide mouth
And stick out the tongue?
Are you not children of transgression,
Offspring of falsehood,

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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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.

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