Isaiah 57:21

There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
peace	שָׁל֔וֹם sha.Lom	H7965	safe · noun, common masculine singular absolute
saith	אָמַ֥ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
God	אֱלֹהַ֖י 'e.lo.Hai	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
wicked	לָרְשָׁעִֽים la.re.sha.'Im	H7563	morally wrong · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Isaiah 48:22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
Isaiah 3:11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
2 Kings 9:22 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 moth…
Isaiah 59:8 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 n…
Romans 3:16-17 Destruction and misery are in their ways:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:17–end

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, Isa 57:18), 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, Isa 57:21. Observe here, I. The just rebukes which that people were brought under for their sin: For the iniquity of his covetousness I was wroth, and smote him. Covetousness was a sin that abounded very much among that people. Jer 6:13, From the least to the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness. Those that did not worship images were yet carried away b…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 57:21

(Isa 48:22; Kg2 9:22). my God--The prophet, having God as his God, speaks in the person of Israel, prophetically regarded as having now appropriated God and His "peace" (Isa 11:1-3), warning the impenitent that, while they continue so, they can have no peace. Next: Isaiah Chapter 58

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 57:21

There is no peace, saith my God - For אלהי Elohai, twenty-two MSS. (five ancient) of Kennicott's, thirty of De Rossi's, and one ancient of my own, read יהוה Yehovah; the Vulgate, Septuagint, Alex., and Arabic, and three MSS. have both. This verse has reference to the nineteenth. The perseveringly wicked and impenitent are excluded from all share in that peace above mentioned, that reconcilement and pardon which is promised to the penitent only. The forty-eighth chapter ends with the same declaration, to express the exclusion of the unbelievers and impenitent from the benefit of the foregoing promises. - L.

John Gill on Isaiah 57:21

There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. They have no share in the peace made by the blood of Christ; they have no true, solid, inward peace of conscience; nor will they have any part in the happiness and prosperity of the church and people of God in the latter day, which will but add to their uneasiness; and will have no lot and portion in the eternal peace which saints enjoy in the world to come; and of this there is the strongest assurance, since God, the covenant God of his people, has said it.

The Church Fathers

For that joy that is after the fashion of the world is not true joy. Hear the prophet Isaiah: "There is no joy, says my God, to the wicked." What the wicked call joy is not joy, such as he [David] knew, who made no account of their joy; let us believe him, brothers. He was a man, but he knew both kinds of joy. He certainly knew the joys of the cup, for he was a man; he knew the joy of the table, he knew the joys of marriage, he knew those joys worldly and luxurious.… But you say, I don't see that light which Isaiah saw. Believe and you shall see it. For perhaps you do not have the eye to see it. For it is a certain type of eye by which that beauty is discerned. For just as there is an eye of the flesh by which this light is seen, so there is an eye of the heart by which that joy is perceived. Perhaps your eye is wounded, dimmed, disturbed by passion, by greed, by indulgence, by senseless lust. Your eye is disturbed. You cannot see that light. Believe before you see. You shall be healed, and then you will see.
— Augustine of Hippo, EXPLANATIONS OF THE PSALMS 97:16

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Dictionary and topics

Peace, Spiritual · The wicked: There is none for — The wicked: There is none for
Remorse · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

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Isaiah 57:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 57:21

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 57:21

John Gill on Isaiah 57:21

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 57:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 57:21

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 57:21

John Gill on Isaiah 57:21

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 57:21–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 57:19–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 57:21

Rashi on Isaiah 57:21