Verse Lens · Context pointer
Isaiah 57:1 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 1. 1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
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Role in This Section
The prayer or lamenting voice states or reports “The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart” at Isaiah 57:1 as a specific part of “The Unnoticed Righteous Enter Peace before Disaster.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 57:1–2
Read Isaiah 57:1 with 57:1–2. By itself, “The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, historical horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The deaths of faithful people are interpreted as removal from coming evil and rest for those who walked uprightly.
Why It Needs Context
Isaiah 57:1–2 gives Isaiah 57:1 its literary owner and outcome. The prayer or lamenting voice states or reports “The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart” at Isaiah 57:1 as a specific part of “The Unnoticed Righteous Enter Peace before Disaster.” Application waits until that movement is understood.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Isaiah 57:1–2 — The Unnoticed Righteous Enter Peace before DisasterSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 57:1–2, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 57:1–2 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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