Isaiah 57:20-21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:20

But the wicked - All who are transgressors of the law and who remain unpardoned. The design of this is to contrast their condition with that of those who should enjoy peace. The proposition is, therefore, of the most general character. All the wicked are like the troubled sea. Whether prosperous or otherwise; rich or poor; bond or free; old or young; whether in Christian, in civilized, or in barbarous lands; whether living in palaces, in caves, or in tents; whether in the splendor of cities, or... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:21

There is no peace - (see the note at Isaiah 48:22). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 57:19-21

Isaiah 57:19-21. 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 fruit of the lips, by giving new subjects and causes of thanksgiving, by his mercies conferred on those among his people, who acknowledge and bewail their transgressions, and return to him. Peace, peace, &c. Here we have the great subject of thanksgiving, reconciliation with... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 57:1-21

Corruption and idolatry (56:9-57:21)The Assyrian captivity of the northerners and the Babylonian captivity of the southerners did not include the whole populations. Those who were of no use to the conquerors were left behind, along with scattered country people who escaped the enemy. These and their descendants soon followed the old religious practices of the Canaanite people. They worshipped idols, offered human sacrifices to the god Molech, and practised fertility rites with religious... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 57:20

wicked = lawless. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44 , the troubled sea = the sea when tossed. when = for. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 57:21

no peace. Compare Isaiah 48:22 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 57:20

"But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked."This conclusion of Section 2 of Division VI is a reiteration of the same thought found in Isaiah 48:22, being a categorical exclusion of all wicked and disobedient souls from the blessings of God's mercy. The comparison here of the wicked with the sea suggests New Testament references in 2 Peter 2:22; James 1:6; and Jude 1:1:13.The plight of the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 57:20-21

Isaiah 57:20-21. 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 were void of true righteousness; and, rejecting the righteousness of justification offered to them by the Gospel, obstinately persisting in their old superstition and idolatry, laboured to the utmost of their power to extinguish the rising light of the reformation; and who, while... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:20

20. when it cannot rest—rather, "for it can have no rest" (Job 15:20; Proverbs 4:16; Proverbs 4:17). English Version represents the sea as occasionally agitated; but the Hebrew expresses that it can never be at rest. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:21

21. (Isaiah 48:22; 2 Kings 9:22). my God—The prophet, having God as his God, speaks in the person of Israel, prophetically regarded as having now appropriated God and His "peace" (2 Kings 9:22- :), warning the impenitent that, while they continue so, they can have no peace. read more

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