Isaiah 57:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. ”

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

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.’...
Isaiah 57:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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...
Isaiah 57:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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

He: i.e. the righteous man. they: i.e. the men of grace. in . upon, beds . couches. his uprightness . his straight path.
Isaiah 57:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 peri...
Isaiah 57:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. He shalt enter into peace "He shall go in peace" - יבוא שלום yabo shalom; the expression is elliptic...
Isaiah 57:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

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 ( Jo...
Isaiah 57:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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, perpet...
Isaiah 57:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Isaiah 57:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXIII THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE Isaiah 56:9-12 ; Isaiah 57:1-21 ; Isaiah 58:1-14 ; Isaiah 59:1-21 IT was inevitable, as soon as their city was again fairly in sight, th...
Isaiah 57:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 th...
Isaiah 57:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 o...
Isaiah 57:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 t...
Isaiah 57:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Isaiah 57:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 u...
Isaiah 57:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 c...
Isaiah 57:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Death of the Righteous. B. C. 706. 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to...
Isaiah 57:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Isaiah 57:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Sufferings Of The Righteous Under Injustice ( Isaiah 57:1-2 ). Isaiah 57:1-2 ‘The righteous man perishes, And no man lays it to heart, And the men of covenant love (chesed) are taken away...
Isaiah 57:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE DEATH OF THE GOOD (Funeral Sermon.) Isaiah 57:1-2 . 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....
Isaiah 57:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

A lament for the death of the righteous many of them put to death by persecution. Isaiah 57:1-2 . The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none cons...
Isaiah 57:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 pe...
Isaiah 57:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

The righteous perisheth The righteous perishing In view of this prevailing demoralization and worldliness ( Isaiah 56:9-12 ), the righteous one succumbs to the grinding weight of external and i...
Isaiah 57:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 57:1 , Isaiah 57:2 THE EARLY DEATH OF RIGHTEOUS MEN ACCOUNTED FOR . The Hebrews were given to expect that long life should, as a general rule, accompan...
Isaiah 57:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 graciousl...
Isaiah 57:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 16:14 ; 2 Corinthians 5:1 ; 2 Corinthians 5:8 ; Ecclesiastes 12:7 ; Ezekiel 32:25 ; Genesis 17:1 ; Isaiah 14:18 ; Job 3:17 ; Luke 1:6 ; Luke 16:22 ; Luke 2:29 ; Luke 7:50 ;...
Isaiah 57:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 ve...

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

Isaiah 57:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 57:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 57:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 57:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 57:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 57:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

Isaiah 57:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 57:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 57:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 57:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 57:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 57:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 57:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 57:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 57:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 57:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 57:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 57:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 57:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 57:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 57:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 57:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 57:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 57:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 57:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 57:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes