Isaiah 57:1-21, NIV
Map: Righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death vs 1-2; sinful man and their behaviors vs 3-13-wicked ways, offer child sacrifices, worship and make offerings to Molech, shameless, wearied themselves in their ways..,their idols not helping them when they sought help. But the man who makes me his refuge will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain vs 13.
High and lofty one, lives in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit-the m…remind me of the meek-Christ’s sermon on the mount; the breath of man that I have created. I was enraged by his sinful greed; I punished him, and hid my face in anger, yet he kept on in his sinful ways…; ..wicked like tossing sea,..no peace for the wicked vs 14-21. Peace-the righteous versus the wicked.