Isaiah 57:1 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]. Look, with me, at the following Scripture that shows that. 57 Good people pass away; the godly often die before their time. Isaiah Chapter 57. (Calmet) --- They are usually taken away, that they may not witness such misfortunes, and are settled in eternal peace. The withdrawment of a pious man from the earth is a public calamity. 57 The righteous perish, ( A) and no one takes it to heart; ( B) the devout are taken away, and no one understands. 3. What begins as if it will be a “love-song” quickly develops into an allegory; and lest there … Continue reading "Commentary on Isaiah … .âThe words seem written as if in the anticipation or in the actual presence of Manassehâs persecution of the true prophets. No one seems to realize that God is taking them away from evil days ahead. They have received mercy, and they can show it; [Colossians 3:12] they have steeped their thoughts in the mercies of God, which have dyed theirs as the dye fat doth the cloth. The Hebrew for "perisheth" (abad), and that for "is taken away" (asaph), expresses a violent death (Micah 7:2). And no man layeth it to heart.] It is, that the pious are often removed in order that they may not be exposed to evils which they would experience should they live. But the wind will carry them all away, A breath will take them. It frequently happens that God takes good men out of this world, when he intends to punish severely the iniquities of the ungodly; for the Lord, having a peculiar regard to his own people, takes compassion upon them, and, as it were, snatches them from the burning, that even survivors may perceive in it the wrath of God. He is not "killed with death," as Jezebel’s children were; [Revelation 2:23] but dieth in peace, though he die in battle, as Josiah did, of whom some interpret this text. You probably know … Continue reading "Commentary on Isaiah 2:1-5" "Such deaths are not understood by the godless, for they do not realize that God in His goodness often takes righteous men to Himself to deliver them from some impending catastrophe. The sentiment of the passage is, that it is proof of great stupidity and guilt when people see the righteous die without concern. "Such deaths are not understood by the godless, for they do not realize that God in His goodness often takes righteous men to Himself to deliver them from some impending catastrophe." Hence we see that the Lord, at that time, gathered many good men, whose death portended some dreadful calamity, and yet that the Jews paid no regard to such forewarnings, and even proceeded to more daring lengths of wickedness; for they thought that all went well with them, when they were the survivors of many excellent men. In our own times a remarkable instance of this was given in the death of Luther, who was snatched from the world a short time before that terrible calamity befell Germany, which he had foretold many years before, when he exclaimed loudly against that contempt of the Gospel, and that wickedness and licentiousness which everywhere prevailed. On all four Sundays these readings come from the book of Isaiah, and each reading is filled with visual images that could shape our preaching. If the pious die by persecution and others are not aroused, it shows that they acquiesce in it, or have no confidence in God, and no desire that his people should be preserved; if they die in the ordinary mode and the people are unaffected, it shows their stupidity. And no man layeth it to heart - No one is aroused by it, or is concerned about it. A Study of Isaiah 57.1 to 21, we propose a search for fundamentally demonstrate who the three groups of clan women who appear in Isaiah 57.3 to 9, namely: hn+n>[o (sorceress) aEßnm. Yet we may with equal propriety take the phrase âmen of mercyâ in a passive sense, as meaning those whom the Lord has embraced by his mercy; for it is a phrase of frequent occurrence in Hebrew writings. Instances of this kind occur every day; and if men observed them, they would not so heedlessly flatter themselves and their vices. evil = calamity. It is distressing to see alleged "scholars" of our own times still parroting such old, discredited, and ridiculous shibboleths of the critical community of perverters of God's Word. In his death the righteous man may be said to have passed through life, and to have passed by men, i.e., gone or passed before them into the eternal world. It means literally a heart crushed, a heart ground to powder. Isaiah 57:15-21 I. They are taken away in compassion, that they may not see the evil, nor share in it, nor be tempted by it. 1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. As was Methuselah a year before the flood; Jeroboam’s best son, before the downfall of his father’s family; [1 Kings 14:12-13] Josiah before the captivity and first destruction of Jerusalem; [2 Kings 22:20] James before the second; [Acts 12:2] Augustine a little before the sack of his city Hippo, by the Vandals. 2. no one understands "is taken from evil" As the wicked seek self and sin, the righteous are delivered from the terrible influence of the Fall (cf. that God is protecting them from the evil to come. One of the most vivid examples of God removing someone from the earth is Enoch. From the evil to come - Margin, ‹That which is evil.‘ The idea here evidently is, that severe calamities were coming upon the nation. 118, 1); "they rest upon their beds," viz., … The Prophet Isaiah, by Raphael (1511-1512) Though stubborn, they follow the way of their hearts, 57:18. (b) , Sept. (c) "colliguntur", V. L. Munster, Piscator, Cocceius; "congregantur", Pagninus. “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. At the same time this passage may be regarded as inculcating a more general truth still. Other Translations for Isaiah 57:1. dropdown. No peace to the wicked, Isaiah 57:20,21. 1. We ought, therefore, to consider diligently the worlds of the Lord, both in the life and in the death of âthe righteous,â but especially in their death, by which the Lord calls them away to a better life, that they may be rescued from those afflictions in which the wicked must be plunged. The singular number points to the few conspicuous sufferers. That is, they are gathered to their fathers by death. Merciful; or, godly; the same whom he now called righteous, whose duty and practice it is to exercise both mercy or kindness, and justice. Isaías 57:1 - PERECE el justo, y no hay quien pare mientes; y los píos son recogidos, y no hay quien entienda que delante de la aflicción es recogido el … or on his heart; whereas such providences should lead men to fear the Lord, and seek to him, and serve him, as it did David, Psalm 12:1. and merciful men are taken away; or "gathered" (c); out of the world, to their own people, to heaven; these are such who obtain mercy of the Lord, and show mercy to others, holy good men: the former character may respect the righteousness of Christ imputed to them, this his grace implanted in them, discovered by acts of mercy and goodness; for one and the same persons are intended: none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come; that there are evil times coming, great calamities, and sore judgments upon men; and therefore these righteous ones are gathered out of the world, and are gathered home, and safely housed in heaven, that they may escape the evil coming upon a wicked generation; and who yet have no thought about it, nor are they led to observe it as they might, from the removal of good men out of the world; see 2 Kings 22:20. It is God that initiates the conversation. He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. A similar mode of speech is used by our Saxon ancestors to express death: he went out of sight; and he went away; and to fare forth, to die. This doctrine is highly appropriate to every age. Is it not because I have held My peace from of old That you do not fear Me? So Ahijah's death is represented as a blessing conferred on him by God for his piety (1Ki 14:10-13; see also 2Ki 22:20).The blessed death of the righteous not duly lamented by the Jews; who also commit idolatry, and trusted in man: they are threatened, Isaiah 57:1-12; Evangelical promises to the penitent, Isaiah 57:13-19. that the righteous are taken away. The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and mercifull men are taken away none considering that the righteous is taken away from the euill to come. Both of these crucial words/concepts are featured again in Isaiah 5:1-7, another of the more memorable passages in all of the prophetic literature. God was about to give them up to foreign invasion (Isaiah 56:9 ff); and the true reason why the just were removed was, that they may not be subject to the divine wrath which should come upon the nation; they were not to be required to contemplate the painful state of things when an enemy should fire the cities, the palaces, and the temple, and cause the sacred services of religion to cease. The righteous perisheth,.... Not eternally; he may fear he shall, by reason of sin and temptation; he may say his strength and hope are perished; and his peace and comfort may perish for a time; but he cannot perish everlastingly, because he is one that believes in Christ, and is justified by his righteousness, from whence he is denominated righteous; and such shall never perish, but have everlasting life: but the meaning is, that he perisheth as to his outward man, or dies corporeally, which is called perishing, Ecclesiastes 7:15 and so the Targum renders it. But no one seems to care or wonder why. In this chapter, "The prophet proceeds to describe the national character of the Jews in his own day, and down to the time of the captivity. By their death, the righteous would escape the temptations of their godless environment, and they would not have to witness the awful punishment that would fall upon the godless nation. The subject of this Chapter is not unsimilar to the former. From the evil to come; from those dreadful calamities which are coming upon the nation. will rest in peace when they die. The righteous perisheth - This refers, as I suppose, to the time of Manasseh (see the Introduction, Section 3). 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. 57:1 Evil triumphs when the righteous are persecuted and murdered, and no one seems to care! (105). . If by âmen of mercyâ be meant kind or tender-hearted men, this description ought to be carefully studied, by which the Prophet shows what is the true righteousness of the children of God; for hypocrites reckon this to be of no value. Howbeit this is not generally so; for Jeremiah lived to see the first destruction of Jerusalem, John the Evangelist the last. The word rendered ‹perisheth‘ (אבד 'ābad ) as well as the word rendered ‹taken away‘ (אסף 'âsaph ) denotes violence, and is indicative of the fact that they were removed by a premature death. Or it may be rendered, "the righteous man is lost" (b); not to himself, his death is a gain to him; but to the church, and to the world, which yet is not considered: and no man layeth it to heart; takes any notice of it, thinks at all about it, far from being concerned or grieved; instead of that, rather rejoice, and are pleased that they are rid of such persons; which will be the case when the witnesses are slain, Revelation 11:10. The prophet finds comfort in the thought that their death was a deliverance from yet worse evils. The Hebrew for “perisheth,” and “is taken away,” expresses a violent death (Micah 7:2). The peaceful death of the righteous few: The ungodliness of the many: A believing remnant shall survive the general judgments of the nation, and be restored by Him Who creates peace. None considering - namely, what was the design of Providence in removing the godly. His prayers, his example, his life, were among the richest blessings of the world, and people should be deeply affected when they are withdrawn; and it shows their guilt and stupidity when they see this with indifference. (a) From the plague that is at hand, and also because God will punish the wicked. 2 For the godly who die shall rest in peace. Grotius supposes, that it refers to king Josiah; Vitringa, that it refers to martyrs in general. Isa 57:1 (NLT) The righteous pass away; the godly often die before their time. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the evil to come. The withdrawment of a pious man from the earth is a public calamity. Isaiah Chapter 57. The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth, that the righteous is taken away from the evil, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil. You can have no stronger word. 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