Isaiah 57:21
“There is no peace”, says my God, “for the wicked.”
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
In Context
20But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them, for the deeds of their hands will be paid back to them.
Isaiah 59:8They don’t know the way of peace; and there is no justice in their ways. They have made crooked paths for themselves; whoever goes in them doesn’t know peace.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:18-21
The Divine Forbearance and Mercy. ( b. c. 706.) 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. 18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. 19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord ; and I will heal him. 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose… Read the whole commentary →