Isaiah 57:2-3 NIV

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 57:2

He shall: Job 3:17, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Matthew 25:21, Luke 16:22, 2 Corinthians 5:1, 2 Corinthians 5:8, Philippians 1:23, Revelation 14:13 enter into: or, go in, Luke 2:29, Luke 7:50 rest: Isaiah 14:18, 2 Chronicles 16:14, Ezekiel 32:25 in his uprightness: or before him, Genesis 17:1, Luke 1:6 Reciprocal: Genesis 15:15 - in peace Genesis 18:25 - that the Genesis 49:33 - and yielded Numbers 23:10 - the death Deuteronomy 31:16 - thou shalt Joshua 24:33 - died 1 Samuel 28:3 - Samuel 1 Kings... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 57:3

draw: Isaiah 45:20, Joel 3:9-1 Kings : sons: Genesis 3:15, Hosea 1:2, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 12:34, Matthew 16:4, Matthew 23:33, Luke 3:7, John 8:40-Acts :, James 4:4, 1 John 3:10, Revelation 17:1-Deuteronomy : Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 23:2 - General Deuteronomy 31:16 - and go a 2 Kings 2:23 - mocked Proverbs 30:15 - The horseleach Isaiah 1:4 - a seed Hosea 2:4 - children of Matthew 12:39 - adulterous Luke 11:29 - This is Luke 15:16 - no John 8:41 - We be Revelation 9:21 - their sorceries... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 57:2

He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.He — This just and merciful man shall enter into a state of rest, where he shall be out of the reach of the approaching miseries.They — just men. Here is a sudden change of the number, which is very frequent in the prophets.Beds — In their graves, which are not unfitly called their beds, as their death is commonly called sleep in scripture. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 57:3

But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.Hither — To God's tribunal, to receive your sentence.Sons — Not by propagation, but by imitation.And the whore — Not the genuine children of Abraham, their dispositions were far more suitable to a bastardly brood, than to Abraham's seed. read more

Daniel Whedon

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

1, 2. The righteous perisheth Under ministrations above described. Moral starvation stares them in their faces. Honest seekers after truth come to disappointment. Merciful men Men who, amid general discoloration of morals and manners, strive for reformation, find their efforts unavailing. And they pass away are taken from the evil to come Spared from witnessing even worse things. He shall enter Rather, He entereth. That is, pious men as a class. They… rest in their beds Their... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:3-4

3, 4. Draw near… ye sons of the sorceress The Hebrew here is very emphatic: You, you. Sorcery is heathenism, (Furst.) The seed of the adulterer In the Old Testament, adultery is a word uniformly used for idolatry so held, because the covenant between Jehovah and Israel was a marriage covenant. See chap. 54. God is the husband, Israel is the espoused to God. The address is here to the Jews in the plainest terms, equivalent to “let us look at your conduct in its true light. Scorners ye... read more

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 57:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 57:3

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 57:2

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 57:3

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

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:3-4

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