Isaías 57:1

1 La gente buena se muere;
muchas veces, los justos mueren antes de que llegue su hora.
Pero a nadie parece importarle el porqué, tampoco se lo preguntan a sí mismos.
Parece que nadie entiende
que Dios los está protegiendo del mal que vendrá.

Isaías 57:1 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 57:1

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,

``the righteous die.''

Or it may be rendered, "the righteous man is lost" ^F2; 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 Targum is,

``and no man lays my fear to heart;''

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, ( Psalms 12:1 ) : and merciful men are taken away;
or "gathered" ^F3; 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 ) . All this may be applied to the martyrs of Jesus in times of Popish persecution; or to the removal of good men by an ordinary death before those times came.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (dba qyduh) , (apwleto) , Sept.
F3 (Mypoan) "colliguntur", V. L. Munster, Piscator, Cocceius; "congregantur", Pagninus.

Isaías 57:1 In-Context

1 La gente buena se muere;
muchas veces, los justos mueren antes de que llegue su hora.
Pero a nadie parece importarle el porqué, tampoco se lo preguntan a sí mismos.
Parece que nadie entiende
que Dios los está protegiendo del mal que vendrá.

2 Pues los que andan por el camino de la justicia
descansarán en paz cuando mueran.

3 Condenación de la idolatría
«¡Pero ustedes, vengan acá, hijos de brujas,
descendientes de adúlteros y de prostitutas!

4 ¿De quién se burlan
haciendo muecas y sacando la lengua?
¡Hijos de pecadores y mentirosos!

5 Rinden culto con gran pasión a sus ídolos,
debajo de los robles y debajo de todo árbol frondoso.
Sacrifican a sus hijos abajo, en los valles,
entre los peñascos de los acantilados.