Isaiah 57:1
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| Overview - Isaiah 57 | |
| 1 | The blessed death of the righteous. |
| 3 | God reproves the Jews for their whorish idolatry. |
| 13 | He gives promises of mercy to the penitent. |
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Isaiah 57:1 (King James Version)
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.
- righteous
- 2 Chronicles 32:33 ; 35:24
- no man
- 11 ; 42:25 47:7 Malachi 2:2
- merciful men
- Hebrew men of kindness, or godliness.
- Psalms 12:1 ; Micah 7:2
- the righteous
- 1 Kings 14:13 ; 2 Kings 22:20 ; 2 Chronicles 34:28
- the evil to come
- or, that which is evil.