Isaiah 57:1

Isaiah 57:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;
• New King James Version (NKJV)The righteous perishes, And no man takes it to heart; Merciful men are taken away, While no one considers That the righteous is taken away from evil.

Context of Isaiah 57:1

The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil. 2Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace; they rest on their beds. 3But approach, you sons of omen readers, you offspring of adulteresses and prostitutes!

Isaiah 57:1 word by word

הַצַּדִּ֣יק אָבָ֔ד וְאֵ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ שָׂ֣ם עַל־לֵ֑ב וְאַנְשֵׁי־חֶ֤סֶד נֶֽאֱסָפִים֙ בְּאֵ֣ין מֵבִ֔ין כִּֽי־מִפְּנֵ֥י הָרָעָ֖ה נֶאֱסַ֥ף הַצַּדִּֽיק׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
• perishethאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• and no manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• layethשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• to heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• and mercifulחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
• menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• taken awayאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• none consideringבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• fromפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451

Cross-references for Isaiah 57:1

• 2 Chronicles 32:33Hezekiah passed away and was buried on the ascent of the tombs of the descendants of David. All the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem buried him with great honor. His son Manasseh replaced him as king.
• 2 Chronicles 35:24So his servants took him out of the chariot, put him in another chariot that he owned, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors; all the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned Josiah.
• Isaiah 57:11Whom are you worried about? Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully and not remember me or think about me? Because I have been silent for so long, you are not afraid of me.
• Isaiah 42:24Who handed Jacob over to the robber? Who handed Israel over to the looters? Was it not the Lord, against whom we sinned? They refused to follow his commands; they disobeyed his law.
• Isaiah 47:7You said, ‘I will rule forever as permanent queen!’ You did not think about these things; you did not consider how it would turn out.
• Malachi 2:2If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name,” says the Lord who rules over all, “I will send judgment on you and turn your blessings into curses – indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.
• Psalms 12:1Deliver, Lord! For the godly have disappeared; people of integrity have vanished.
• Micah 7:2Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.
• 1 Kings 14:13All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good.
• 2 Kings 22:20‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.
• 2 Chronicles 34:28‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.

Commentaries on Isaiah 57:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1The righteous perisheth - אבד הצדק hatstsadik abad . There is an emphasis here which seems intended to point out a particular person. See below. Perisheth - As the root אבד abad signifies the straying of cattle, their passing away from one pasture to another, I feel inclined to follow the grammatical meaning of the word "perish," pereo. So the Vulgate, justus periit, from per, By or Through, and eo, to Go. In his death the righteous man may be said to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1The righteous perisheth - This refers, as I suppose, to the time of Manasseh (see the Introduction, Section 3). Grotius supposes, that it refers to king Josiah; Vitringa, that it refers to martyrs in general. But it seems probable to me that the prophet designs to describe the state of stupidity which prevailed in his own time, and to urge as one proof of it, that the pious part of the nation was taken away by violent death, and that the nation was not…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The blessed death of the righteous. (Is. 57:1,2) The abominable idolatries of the Jewish nation. (Is. 57:3-12) Promises to the humble and contrite. (Is. 57:13-21) Verse 1 ,2 The righteous are delivered from the sting of death, not from the stroke of it. The careless world disregards this. Few lament it as a public loss, and very few notice it as a public warning. They are taken away in compassion, that they may not see the evil, nor share in it, nor be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1the presence of evil: Judgment that would come on the wicked nations. taken away: At times, God allows the godly to die in order to protect them from harsher times to come.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-21In the midst of the excesses of the unfaithful watchmen (Is 56:10, 11, 12), most of the few that are godly perish: partly by vexation at the prevailing ungodliness; partly by violent death in persecution: prophetical of the persecuting times of Manasseh, before God's judgments in causing the captivity in Babylon; and again those in the last age of the Church, before the final judgments on the apostasy (2Ki 21:16; Mt 23:29-35, 37; Re 11:17). The Hebrew for…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 57:1

• Death
• Peace
• Righteous

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Commentaries on Isaiah 57

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings