Isaiah 57:2
He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
In Context
3But draw near here, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:14And they buried him in his own sepulchers, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds [of spices] prepared by the perfumers' art. And they mad
Ecclesiastes 12:7and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Isaiah 26:7The way of the just is uprightness. Thou who are upright directs the path of the just.
Ezekiel 32:25They have set a bed for her in the midst of the slain with all her multitude. Her graves are round about her, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword. For their terror was caused in the land of the living, and they have borne
Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, going in all the commandments and righteous things of the Lord blameless.
Luke 7:50And he said to the woman, Thy faith has saved thee. Go in peace.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:2-3
Death of the Righteous. ( b. c. 706.) 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. 2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. 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… Read the whole commentary →