“ There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. ”
There is no peace - (see the note at Isaiah 48:22 ).
A Gracious Promise to the Party of the Pious. This oracle is modelled on Isaiah 40, though the way is figurative. Yahweh commands that the Way of His adherents be raised and freed from obstacles. H...
no peace. Compare Isaiah 48:22 .
21. There is no peace to the wicked. He confirms the preceding statement, namely, that in vain shall the reprobate endeavor to seek peace, for everywhere they will meet with war. It is God w...
DISCOURSE: 991 NO PEACE TO THE WICKED Isaiah 57:20-21 . The wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wic...
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. There is no peace, saith my God - For אלהי Elohai, twenty-two MSS. (five ancient) of Kennicott's, thirty of De Rossi's, and one ancient of my own, re...
But the wicked, &c.— Hence we learn, that the church at this time should be divided into two parties: besides the humble and penitent, confessors of truth, there should be the wicked; those who...
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. (There is) no peace, saith my God, to the wicked - ( Isaiah 48:22 ; 2 Kings 9:22 .) My God. The prophet having God as his God, speaks in t...
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...
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...
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...
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...
These words are as awful, as the foregoing were comfortable. But every day's experience showeth, that the one is as sure as the other. When God's judgments and chastisements do not soften, they harde...
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. They have no share in the peace made by the blood of Christ; they have no true, solid, inward peace of conscience; nor will they have any part in the...
Isaiah 57:21 [There is] no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. Ver. 21. There is no peace. ] A truce there may be for a time, and a seeming peace; but it is pax infida, pax incerta, a peace,...
I create I will, by my almighty power, in a wonderful manner produce; the fruit of the lips Praise and thanksgiving, termed the fruit of the lips, Hosea 14:2 ; Hebrews 13:15 . God creates this...
The Divine Forbearance and Mercy. B. C. 706. 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness w...
Though they may have as great a share of prosperity as the best of men have, as appears from Psalms 37:35 , Psalms 73:3 , &c.; Ecclesiastes 8:14 , Ecclesiastes 9:2 ; yet they have no shar...
Yahweh Will Make A Way Back To Himself And Will Restore Those Whom He Chooses To Himself In Spite of Their Undeserving and Unresponsiveness ( Isaiah 57:14-21 ). They must remember that in spite of...
THE UNHAPPINESS OF SINNERS Isaiah 57:20-21 . The wicked are like the troubled sea, &c. [1728] [1728] See pp. 318, 319. A true picture of that continued state of restlessness, uncertainty, a...
Isaiah 57:15-21 I. A contrite heart does not merely mean a broken heart; it means more. It means literally a heart crushed, a heart ground to powder. You can have no stronger word. It was this hea...
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 57:1 . 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...
For thus saith the High and Lofty One that inhabiteth eternity. A royal manifesto A royal manifesto win His character as Sovereign, God brings before us, and before His loyal subjects in every...
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...
Jehovah Grants Salvation and Peace to the Repentant. What the Lord had indicated at the end of the fast paragraph He now elaborates upon.
2 Kings 9:22 ; Isaiah 3:11 ; Isaiah 48:22 ; Romans 3:16 ; Romans 3:17
No peace — Though they may have a great share of prosperity, yet they have no share in this inward, and spiritual, and everlasting peace.