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Isa 57:1-21. The peaceful death of the righteous few: The ungodliness of the many: A believing remnant shall survive the general judgments of the nation, and be restored by Him Who creates peace.
In the midst of the excesses of the unfaithful watchmen (Isa 56:10, Isa 56:11, Isa 56:12), 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; Mat 23:29-35, Mat 23:37; Rev 11:17). The Hebrew for “perisheth,” and “is taken away,” expresses a violent death (Mic 7:2).
no man layeth it to heart - as a public calamity.
merciful men - rather, godly men; the subjects of mercy.
none considering - namely, what was the design of Providence in removing the godly.
from the evil - Hebrew, from the face of the evil, that is, both from the moral evil on every side (Isa 56:10-12), and from the evils about to come in punishment of the national sins, foreign invasions, etc. (Isa 56:9; Isa 57:13). So Ahijah’s death is represented as a blessing conferred on him by God for his piety (1Ki 14:10-13; see also 2Ki 22:20).