The prophet, in this chapter, makes his observations, I. Upon the deaths of good men, comforting those that were taken away in their integrity and reproving those that did not make a due improvement of such providences, Isa. 57:1–2. II.

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.

We have here a high charge, but a just one no doubt, drawn up against that wicked generation out of which God’s righteous ones were removed, because the world was not worthy of them. Observe, I. The general character here given of them, or the name and title by which they stand indicted, Isa. 57:3.

Here, I. God shows how insufficient idols and creatures were to relieve and succour those that worshipped them and confided in them : ” When thou criest in thy distress and anguish, lamentest thy misery and callest for help, let thy companies deliver thee, thy idol-gods which thou hast heaped to…

The body of the people of Israel, in this account of God’s dealings with them, is spoken of as a particular person , but divided into two sorts, differently dealt with—some who were sons of peace, to whom peace is spoken , and others who were not, who have nothing to do with peace, Isa. 57:20–21.