Isaiah 57:2
Peace shall come: they shall rest in their beds, euery one that walketh before him.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 you witches children, come hither, the seede of the adulterer and of the whore.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:14And they buryed him in one of his sepulchres, which he had made for him selfe in the citie of Dauid, and layed him in the bed, which they had filled with sweete odours and diuers kindes of spices made by the arte of the apoticarie: and they burnt odours for him with an exceeding great fire.
Ecclesiastes 12:7And dust returne to the earth as it was, and the spirit returne to God that gaue it.
Isaiah 26:7The way of the iust is righteousnesse: thou wilt make equall the righteous path of the iust.
Ezekiel 32:25They haue made his bed in the mids of the slaine with al his multitude: their graues are round about him: all these vncircucised are slaine by the sworde: though they haue caused their feare in the land of ye liuing, yet haue they borne their shame with them that goe downe to the pitte: they are laide in the middes of them, that be slaine.
Luke 1:6Both were iust before God, and walked in all the commandements and ordinances of the Lord, without reproofe.
Luke 7:50And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saued thee: goe in 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 →