Isaiah 48:22

There is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.

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There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

In Context

21They had no need of water when he was guiding them through the waste lands: he made water come out of the rock for them: the rock was parted and the waters came flowing out.

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Cross References

2 Kings 9:19Then he sent out a second horseman, who came up to them and said, The king says, Is it peace? And Jehu said in answer, What have you to do with peace? come after me.

Isaiah 57:20But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste.

Isaiah 66:24And before they make their request I will give an answer, and while they are still making prayer to me, I will give ear.

Romans 3:17And of the way of peace they have no knowledge:

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 48:17-22

Encouragement to God's People. ( b. c. 708.) 16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God , and his Spirit, hath sent me. 17 Thus saith the Lord , thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of… Read the whole commentary →

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