“ There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. ”
There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked - This verse contains a sentiment whose truth no one can doubt. To the transgressor of the laws of God there can be no permanent peace, enjoymen...
[There is] no (a) peace, saith the LORD, to the wicked. (a) Thus he speaks that the wicked hypocrites should not abuse God's promise, in whom was neither faith nor repentance, as in ( Isaiah 57:21 )...
The Joyous Song of the Returning Exiles. The exiles on their return exhort one another to publish the salvation which Yahweh has brought, how, repeating the wonders of the Exodus, He miraculously p...
no peace, &c. Compare Isaiah 57:20 . the wicked . lawless ones: i.e. the wicked in Israel.
22. There is no peace, saith Jehovah to the wicked. These words, “saith the Lord,” are included by some commentators in a parenthesis; but we view them as having this connection with what go...
There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked - See below, note on Isaiah 57:21 (note). As the destruction of Babylon was determined, God...
There is no peace, &c.— "There is no peace, no serenity of mind and conscience,—more desirable than every earthly blessing, superior to all conception;—there is no durable prosperity on earth,...
There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. (No peace ... unto the wicked. Repeated at Isaiah 57:21 . All the blessings just mentioned ( Isaiah 48:21 ) belong only to the godly, not...
Let the Exiles trust in Jehovah, and come out of Babylon 1-11. Jehovah's purpose will be executed, but not for Israel's merit. 12-22. Let Israel recognise His leading in the course of history,...
There is no peace. — The warning was needed even for the liberated exiles. There was an implied condition as to all God’s gifts. Even the highest blessings, freedom and home, were no real blessings...
Isaiah 44:1-28 ; Isaiah 45:1-25 ; Isaiah 46:1-13 ; Isaiah 47:1-15 ; Isaiah 48:1-22 CHAPTER IX FOUR POINTS OF A TRUE RELIGION Isaiah 43:1-28 - Isaiah 48:1-22 WE have now surveyed the...
“A Light to the Gentiles” Isaiah 48:17-22 ; Isaiah 49:1-13 The first division of this second part of Isaiah closes at Isaiah 48:22 , with the phrase there is no peace to the wicked . The sec...
This chapter constitutes the last section of the division dealing with the purpose of peace. It is a great appeal to the people. It first describes Jehovah's methods (verses Isa 48:1-11). He has had...
How gracious the preface to all these sweet promises; and how sure they become, in the name of the great Promiser! Reader! let it be our earnest study and delight to come under the teaching of this a...
There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked ,.... To Nebuchadnezzar and his seed, says Jarchi; to the Babylonians, say Aben Ezra and Kimchi; who enjoyed no more peace and prosperity, being co...
Isaiah 48:22 [There is] no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. Ver. 22. There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked. ] Babylon's best days are past: therefore go ye forth of her. Isa...
There is no peace unto the wicked God having, in the foregoing verses, foretold that blessed deliverance which he would give to his servant Jacob, ( Isaiah 48:20 ,) here adds an explication and lim...
Encouragement to God's People. B. C. 708. 16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I hav...
God having in the next foregoing verses foretold, that peace and blessed deliverance which he would certainly give to his servant Jacob , Isaiah 48:20 , he here adds an explication and limitation...
Chapter 48 The Unprepared State of Israel/Judah. Babylon, and its final fate, has just been described, but the very idea has turned Isaiah's attention on Israel. It has put Israel under the micros...
THE POSSESSORS OF PEACE Isaiah 48:22 . There is no peace, saith the Lord, to the wicked . “There is a caveat put in against the wicked, that go on still in their trespasses. Let them not think th...
Isaiah 48:1 . Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God...
Isaiah 48:1 . Which swear by the name of the Lord, who resents all false swearing to his covenant. Isaiah 48:3 . I have declared the former things. The Messiah continues here to be the speaker...
EXPOSITION The present chapter, which terminates the second section of Isaiah's later prophecies, consists of a long address by God to his people, partly in the way of complaint, partly of combi...
An Urgent Invitation to Believe the Lord's Word
Isaiah 57:21 ; Job 15:20-24 ; Luke 19:42 ; Romans 3:17
No peace — God having foretold that peace which he would give to his servant Jacob, adds an explication; and declares, that wicked men should not enjoy the benefit of this mercy.