Isaiah 57:2
He entereth into peace, they rest on their beds, [Each] is going straightforward.
Young's Literal Translation
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 bury him in [one of] his graves, that he had prepared for himself in the city of David, and they cause him to lie on a bed that [one] hath filled [with] spices, and divers kinds of mixtures, with perfumed work; and they burn for him a burning — very great.
Ecclesiastes 12:7And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.
Isaiah 26:7The path for the righteous [is] uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.
Ezekiel 32:25In the midst of the wounded they have appointed a bed for her with all her multitude, Round about him [are] her graves, All of them uncircumcised, pierced of the sword, For their terror was given in the land of the living, And they bear their shame with those going down to the pit, In the midst of the pierced he hath been put.
Luke 1:6and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless,
Luke 7:50and he said unto the woman, 'Thy faith have saved thee, be going on to 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 →