Isaiah 57:1, The blessed death of the righteous; Isaiah 57:3, God reproves the Jews for their whorish idolatry; Isaiah 57:13, He gives promises of mercy to the penitent.
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Isaiah 57
Isaiah 57 — Overview
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Isaiah 57 — OverviewIsaiah 57 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe prophet, in this chapter, makes his observations, I. Upon the
deaths of good men, comforting those that were taken away in their
integrity and reproving those that did not make a due improvement of
such…Isaiah 57 — OverviewIsaiah 57 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter contains complaints of the stupidity and idolatry of the people, described in the latter part of the preceding chapter; and some promises of grace to the people of God. The stupidity of the former is…Isaiah 57:1-2Isaiah 57:1-2 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe prophet, in the close of the foregoing chapter, had condemned the
watchmen for their ignorance and sottishness; here he shows the general
stupidity and senselessness of the people likewise. No wonder they were…Isaiah 57:1Isaiah 57:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe righteous perisheth. The word translated "perisheth" does not imply any violence; but the context implies a premature death. The righteous disappear—are taken from the earth before their natural time. Yet no man…Isaiah 57:1Isaiah 57:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryMercy and wrath in the death of the righteous.
Possibly the good king -Josiah is here prophetically referred to. His untimely death seems a strange dispensation of Providence even to us now. Josiah's case may be taken…Isaiah 57:1-21Isaiah 57:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
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, accompany righteousness (Exodus 20:12; 1 Kings 3:14;…