Isaiah 57:2
Let peace come, let him rest in his bed that hath walked in his uprightness.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 hither, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer, and of the harlot.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:14And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had made for himself in the city of David: and they laid him on his bed full of spices and odoriferous ointments, which were made by the art of the perfumers, and they burnt them over him with very great pomp.
Ecclesiastes 12:7And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it.
Isaiah 26:7The way of the just is right, the path of the just is right to walk in.
Ezekiel 32:25In the midst of the slain they have set him a bed among all his people: their graves are round about him: all these are uncircumcised, and slain by the sword: for they spread their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with them that descend into the pit: they are laid in the midst of the slain.
Luke 1:6And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and justifications of the Lord without blame.
Luke 7:50And he said to the woman: Thy faith hath made thee safe, 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 →