Isaiah 57:2
He entereth into peace, Let them rest upon their couches,—Each one who went on a straight path.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
In Context
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:14and they buried him in his own stately sepulchre, which he had hewn for himself in the city of David, and laid him on a couch which was full of sweet spices—yea of various kinds, made by the perfumer’s art,—and they burned for him with an exceeding great burning.
Ecclesiastes 12:7And the dust return to the earth, as it was,—and, the spirit, return unto God, who gave it.
Isaiah 26:7The path of a righteous man, is, even,—O Upright One! the track of a righteous man, thou makest level.
Ezekiel 32:25In the midst of them who were thrust through, have they have placed a couch for her with all her multitude, Round about it, are her graves,-All of them, uncircumcised. Thrust through with the sword. For that their terror was caused in the land of the living. And so they have borne their confusion, with them who descend into the pit, In the midst of them who were thrust through, hath it been placed.
Luke 1:6Now they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and righteous appointments of the Lord, blameless;
Luke 7:50But he said unto the woman—Thy faith, hath saved thee,—Go thy way into 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 →