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Isaiah 57:1

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righteous: 2 Chronicles 32:33, 2 Chronicles 35:24

no man: Isaiah 57:11, Isaiah 42:25, Isaiah 47:7; Malachi 2:2

merciful men: Heb. men of kindness, or godliness, Psalms 12:1; Micah 7:2

the righteous: 1 Kings 14:13; 2 Kings 22:20; 2 Chronicles 34:28

the evil to come: or, that which is evil

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