Isaiah 57:2
His burial shall be in peace: he has been removed out of the way.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 ye near hither, ye lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:14And they buried him in the sepulcher which he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him on a bed, and filled it with spices and all kinds of perfumes of the apothecaries; and they made for him a very great funeral.
Ecclesiastes 12:7Before the dust also return to the earth as it was, 1 And the spirit return to God who gave it. 1
Isaiah 26:7The way of the godly is made straight: the way of the godly is also prepared.
Ezekiel 32:25in the midst of the slain.
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 →