21There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
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There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
Destruction and misery are in their ways: …
The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
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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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