Isaiah 57:1-2
The righteous enter peace, spared from evil.
1 The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.
2 He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.
The righteous enter peace, spared from evil.
To interpret the death of the righteous as merciful deliverance amid widespread wickedness.
In a time of increasing corruption and impending judgment, the death of the righteous appears tragic but serves a protective purpose.
The High and Lofty One Revives the Contrite but Gives No Peace to the Wicked
The holy and exalted LORD exposes idolatrous rebellion, revives the contrite, heals the repentant, and declares that the wicked can never possess peace.