Isaiah 57:14

57:14 He says, ¹ 

“Build it! Build it! Clear a way!

Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”

Isaiah 57:2

57:2 Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace;

they rest on their beds. ² 

Isaiah 2:7

2:7 Their land is full of gold and silver;

there is no end to their wealth. ³ 

Their land is full of horses;

there is no end to their chariots. ⁴ 

[57:14]  ¹ tn Since God is speaking throughout this context, perhaps we should emend the text to “and I say.” However, divine speech is introduced in v. 15.

[57:2]  ² tn Heb “he enters peace, they rest on their beds, the one who walks straight ahead of himself.” The tomb is here viewed in a fairly positive way as a place where the dead are at peace and sleep undisturbed.

[2:7]  ³ tn Or “treasuries”; KJV “treasures.”

[2:7]  ⁴ sn Judah’s royal bureaucracy had accumulated great wealth and military might, in violation of Deut 17:16-17.