New English Translation
Isaiah 57:21
21There will be no prosperity,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
Isaiah 57:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
- New International Version (NIV)“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
- New King James Version (NKJV)“There is no peace,” Says my God, “for the wicked.”
Context of Isaiah 57:21
19I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. Complete prosperity is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,” says the Lord, “and I will heal them. 20But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand. There will be no prosperity,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
Read all of Isaiah 57Isaiah 57:21 word by word
אֵ֣ין שָׁל֔וֹם אָמַ֥ר אֱלֹהַ֖י לָרְשָׁעִֽים׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 57:21
- Isaiah 3:11Too bad for the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.
- Isaiah 48:22There will be no prosperity for the wicked,” says the Lord.
- 2 Kings 9:22When Jehoram saw Jehu, he asked, “Is everything all right, Jehu?” He replied, “How can everything be all right as long as your mother Jezebel promotes idolatry and pagan practices?”
- Romans 3:16ruin and misery are in their paths,
Commentaries on Isaiah 57:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21There is no peace, saith my God - For אלהי Elohai, twenty-two MSS. (five ancient) of Kennicott's, thirty of De Rossi's, and one ancient of my own, read יהוה Yehovah ; the Vulgate, Septuagint, Alex., and Arabic, and three MSS. have both. This verse has reference to the nineteenth. The perseveringly wicked and impenitent are excluded from all share in that peace above mentioned, that reconcilement and pardon which is promised to the penitent only. The…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21There is no peace - (see the note at Isaiah 48:22).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-21Verses 13-21 The idols and their worshippers shall come to nothing; but those who trust in God's grace, shall be brought to the joys of heaven. With the Lord there is neither beginning of days, nor end of life, nor change of time. His name is holy, and all must know him as a holy God. He will have tender regard to those who bring their mind to their condition, and dread his wrath. He will make his abode with those whose hearts he has thus humbled, in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21no peace: Compare Isaiah 57:2; see also 48:22.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. (Is 48:22; 2Ki 9:22). my God--The prophet, having God as his God, speaks in the person of Israel, prophetically regarded as having now appropriated God and His "peace" (Is 11:1-3), warning the impenitent that, while they continue so, they can have no peace.Read the comment
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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
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