Isaiah 57:2
His burial shall be in peace: he has been removed out of the way.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 you⌃ near hither, you⌃ lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:14And they buried him in the sepulchre 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, and the spirit return to God who gave it.
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 →