Isaiah 57:2-3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:3-12

3-12 The Lord here calls apostates and hypocrites to appear before him. When reproved for their sins, and threatened with judgments, they ridiculed the word of God. The Jews were guilty of idolatry before the captivity; but not after that affliction. Their zeal in the worship of false gods, may shame our indifference in the worship of the true God. The service of sin is disgraceful slavery; those who thus debase themselves to hell, will justly have their portion there. Men incline to a religion... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 57:1-2

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 graciously taking the believing Israelite out of this world before the great Judgment descends upon it; and merciful men are taken away, by a sudden death, apparently before their time, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. v. 2. He shall enter into peace, namely, the one... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 57:3-13

Jehovah Rejects all Idolaters v. 3. But draw near hither, so the Lord now calls to the apostates, ye sons of the sorceress, men addicted to sorcery, to superstitious practices which were connected with the worship of false gods, the seed of the adulterer and the whore, in whose case idolatry is inherent, their second nature, the expression being the very strongest reproof to the unbelieving and apostate Jews, who depended upon their external membership in Israel to give them a safe standing... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 57:1-2

IX.—THE NINTH DISCOURSEConcluding Word: The Mournful Present, which will not be Prevented by the Approach of the Glorious Future.Isaiah 56:10 to Isaiah 57:21.Isaiah is wont to set the present in the light of the future, in order to make an impression on it by the contrast. I appeal to chapters 2–5, and to my interpretation of Isaiah 2:5. Jeremiah also imitates Isaiah in this (Jeremiah 3:11 to Jeremiah 4:4). The sudden spring from the remotest, the glorious future into the mournful, immediate... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 57:3-14

2. THE MOURNFUL PRESENT MARKED BY THE IDOLATROUS DOINGS OF THE NATIONIsaiah 57:3-143 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress,The seed of the adulterer and 1the whore.4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves?Against whom make ye a wide mouth,And draw out the tongue?Are ye not children of transgression, a 2seed of falsehood,5 Enflaming yourselves [3] 4with idolsUnder every green tree,Slaying the children in the valleysUnder the cliffs of the rocks?6 Among the smooth... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 57:1-21

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 the valleys remind us of the invariable evils associated with idolatry which the great Apostle has recorded in Romans 1:23-28 . They refused to retain God in their knowledge, and He gave them over to a reprobate mind; that is, He ceased to restrain them. But amid the degenerate nation, there was a... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:1-21

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 of the sorceress" are summoned to judgment. Their sin has been exalted and manifest, and their judgment is to be conspicuous and complete. Yet again the declaration turns to such as are contrite and penitent. Jehovah declares Himself to be the One inhabiting eternity, and yet dwelling with the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:1-2

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, None considering that the righteous is taken away from evil (‘from the face of evil’). He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, Each one who walks in his uprightness.’ The sign of the total failure of the leadership of God’s supposed people is that the very people whom they should have been... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:3-14

The Present Behaviour of the Godless; The People Become Like the Leaders That They Support (Isaiah 57:3-14 ). There now follows a description of the backsliding of the people into idolatry and the occult. This fits in well with the reign of Manasseh (2 Kings 21:1-9), although it also applied under earlier kings such as Ahaz (2 Kings 16:1-4). Isaiah had not been satisfied with the reign of the godly Hezekiah, how much more devastating for him therefore must have been the beginnings of the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:1-2

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 bids the beasts of prey ( cf. Jeremiah 12:9), hostile nations, ravage the flock, since the watchdogs are not alert, but crouched in the slumber of gluttons. Vividly then one of the rulers is introduced, inviting his fellows to a drunken orgy ( cf. Amos 6:6), and gloating over a like prospect for the... read more

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:3-12

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 57:1-2

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 57:3-13

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 57:1-2

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 57:3-14

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 57:1-21

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:1-21

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:1-2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:3-14

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:1-2

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