Isaiah 57:2

He shall enter into shalom; 1 they shall rest in their mishkevot (couches, i.e., tombs), 1 each one walking in his nekhochah (uprightness, integrity, honesty). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

In Context

1The tzaddik perisheth, 1 and no ish layeth it to lev; 1 and anshei chesed are taken away, 1 none considering that the tzaddik is taken away 1 from the ra'ah (evil, calamity) to come. 1

3But draw near to here, 1 ye bnei onenah (you children of a sorceress), 1 zera mena'ef (offspring of an adulterer) and she who plays the zonah. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 16:14And they buried him in his own kever (sepulchre, burial cave), which he had cut for himself in Ir Dovid, and laid him on a mishkav (bed) which was filled with sweet spices and perfumes prepared by the apothecaries art; and they burned for him a very large serefah gedolah (great fire, pyre).

Ecclesiastes 12:7Then shall the aphar return to ha'aretz as it was; and the ruach shall return unto HaElohim who gave it.

Isaiah 26:7The Orakh Latzaddik (way of the just) is meiysharim (altogether level, upright, direct ones); 1 Thou, O Yashar (Upright One, Straight One), straighten the ma'agal (circuit) of the tzaddik. 1

Ezekiel 32:25They have set her a mishkav (bed) in the midst of the slain with all her multitude; her kevarim are all around him; all of them arelim (uncircumcised), slain by the cherev; for they spread terror in Eretz Chayyim, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the bor (pit); he is put in the midst of them that are slain.

Luke 1:6And they were both tzaddikim before Hashem, walking a derech tamim in all the mitzvos and chukkim of the Torah of Adoneinu. + 1:6 Gn 6:9; Dt 5:30; 1Kgs 9:4

Luke 7:50And Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said to the isha, Your emunah has gained you Yeshu'at Eloheinu. L'chi l'shalom (Go in shalom!).

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 →

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