Isaiah 57:1-2·~1 min
The Blessed Death of the Righteous
The righteous perish and merciful men are taken away, yet society fails to grasp that God is sparing them from coming evil. Far from being forsaken, they enter peace and rest upon their beds, a picture of the blessed end granted to those who walked in uprightness.
T1he righteous perish, 2Those who walk uprightly enter into peace;
Section summaryThe chapter opens with the unsettling observation that righteous people perish and merciful men are taken away while no one understands what is happening. Yet their death is not abandonment but deliverance, because they are taken from coming evil and enter peace and rest in death as those who walked uprightly.
Role in the chapterThis section frames the chapter by revealing hidden mercy in what appears to be loss and judgment.