Isaiah 57:1-2 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away… 1. One reason why, when the righteous dieth, no man layeth it to heart is because the world do not know the righteous. 2. Another reason is, disinclination of all men by nature to lay such things to heart. 3. They do not think it of much importance. But the death of every good man is a loss to the world, a loss to the Church militant — the people of God are the salt of the earth, and the more taken away and the less left, the less likely are we to be blessed as a nation. (James Wells.) Parallel Verses KJV: The 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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