2He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
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And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-2)The prophet, in the close of the foregoing chapter, had condemned the watchmen for their ignorance and sottishness; here he shows the general stupidity and senselessness of the people likewise. No wonder they were inconsiderate when their watchmen were so, who should have awakened them to consideration. We may observe here, I. The providence of God removing good men apace out of this world. The ri…
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