Isaiah 57:2-3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 57:1-2

The 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 inconsiderate when their watchmen were so, who should have awakened them to consideration. We may observe here, I. The providence of God removing good men apace out of this world. The righteous, as to this world, perish; they are gone and their place knows them no more. Piety exempts... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 57:3-12

We have here a high charge, but a just one no doubt, drawn up against that wicked generation out of which God's righteous ones were removed, because the world was not worthy of them. Observe, I. The general character here given of them, or the name and title by which they stand indicted, Isa. 57:3. They are told to draw near and hear the charge, are set to the bar, and arraigned there as sons of the sorceress, or of a witch, the seed of an adulterer and a whore, that is, they were such... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 57:2

He shall enter into peace ,.... Or "shall go in peace" F4 יבוא שלום "ibit in pace", Gataker. ; the righteous man goes in peace now; he has peace from his justifying righteousness; he has peace through believing in Christ; he has peace in, though not from, his obedience and holiness of life; and he has peace in the midst of the many trials he is exercised with; and he goes out of the world in peace, with great serenity and tranquillity of mind, as Simeon desired he might, having... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 57:3

But draw near hither ,.... The death of the righteous, and their happiness after it, being observed: the wicked, who thought themselves safe from danger, and the happier that they were rid of the righteous, those witnesses and prophets which had tormented them, and therefore rejoiced on that account, are here summoned to the divine tribunal, to hear their character, and receive their doom, as follows: ye sons of the sorceress ; the children of Jezebel, the witch, and the prophetess that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:2

He shalt enter into peace "He shall go in peace" - שלום יבוא yabo shalom ; the expression is elliptical, such as the prophet frequently uses. The same sense is expressed at large and in full terms, Genesis 15:15 ; : בשלום אבותיך אל תבא ואתה veattah libbo al abotheycha beshalom , "and thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace." They shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness "He shall rest in his bed; even the perfect man" - This obscure sentence is reduced to a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:1-2

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 ; Psalms 91:16 ; Proverbs 3:1 , Proverbs 3:2 , etc.); and under the Mosaical dispensation we must suppose that it did so. But there were exceptions to the rule. Wicked persecutors, like Ahab, Jezebel, and Athaliah, cut off the righteous ere they had seen half their days. So probably did... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:1-2

Three pictures of the human. Our attention is called to— I. A PICTURE OF HUMAN GOODNESS . A good man is represented as "the righteous," as "the merciful," as one who "walketh in uprightness." These characterizations include: 1 . The fear of God—reverence for his Name, the worship of his Divine Spirit, the recognition of his righteous claims, a supreme regard for his holy will. 2 . The love of man—a practical acknowledgment of his claims on our sympathy and our... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:2

He shall enter into peace. Not merely into "stillness" or "silence" ( Psalms 115:17 ), but into "peace," or, as the word might be rendered (Cheyne), "a state of peace." There is, no doubt, primarily, " a contrast to the awful troubles which the survivors will have to encounter" (Hengstenberg); but perhaps this contrast is not all that is meant. The "peace" is positive rather than negative, or it would scarcely be a consolation to any one. They shall rest in their beds; or, upon their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:3

Draw near hither . Approach, to hear the reprimand which ye so well deserve. Ye sons of the sorceress; rather, of a sorceress. Judah herself, the nation, is the" sorceress" and "adulteress," whose individual children are summoned to draw near. She is an adulteress; for she has transgressed against the mystic marriage-tie which bound her to Jehovah (see Isaiah 54:5 , and the comment ad lot. ) . She is also a " sorceress ," since she has bewitched her children, and given... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:3-10

Pictures of idolatry. The idolaters are summoned to hear the judgment upon them. They are characterized as "sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer." The source of all idolatry is unfaithfulness to God regarded as the Husband of his people ( Ezekiel 16:44 , Ezekiel 16:45 ). Yet, in their pride, these idolaters make sport of and scoff at the true servants of God. I. THE RITES OF IDOLATRY . There were enthusiastic orgies in the sacred groves of oak and in the gardens ( ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 57:1-2

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 57:3-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 57:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 57:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:3-10

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