Isaiah 57:2
He commeth into peace, and godly men rest in their chaumbers, and before the godly man goeth peace.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
In Context
3Come hyther therfore ye charmers children, ye sonnes of the adulterer and the whore.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 12:7Then shall the dust be turned agayne vnto earth from whence it came, and the spirite shall returne vnto God who gaue it.
Isaiah 26:7The path of equitie wylt thou graunt vnto the iust [O thou most righteous] thou shalt order the path of hym that is righteous.
Luke 1:6They were both ryghteous before God, and walked in all the lawes and ordinaunces of the Lorde, that no man coulde fynde fault with them.
Luke 7:50And he sayde to the woman: Thy fayth hath saued 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 →