20But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
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Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. …
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. …
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-21)The body of the people of Israel, in this account of God’s dealings with them, is spoken of as a particular person ( Isa. 57:17 , 18 ), but divided into two sorts, differently dealt with—some who were sons of peace, to whom peace is spoken (Isa. 57:19), and others who were not, who have nothing to do with peace, Isa. 57:20 , 21 . Observe here, I. The just rebukes which that people were brought und…
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