Isaiah 57:2
He enters into peace, they rest on their beds, || [Each] is going straightforward.
Literal Standard 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
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:14and they bury him in [one of] his graves that he had prepared for himself in the City of David, and they cause him to lie on a bed that [one] has filled [with] spices, and various kinds of mixtures, with perfumed work; and they burn a very great burning for him.
Ecclesiastes 12:7And the dust returns to the earth as it was, || And the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Isaiah 26:7The path for the righteous [is] uprightness, || O upright One, || You ponder the path of the righteous.
Ezekiel 32:25They have appointed a bed for her in the midst of the wounded, || With all her multitude, || Her graves [are] around them, || All of them uncircumcised, pierced of the sword, || For their terror was given in the land of the living, || And they bear their shame with those going down to the pit, || He has been set in the midst of the pierced.
Luke 1:6and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the LORD blameless,
Luke 7:50And He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you, be going on to 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 →