King James Version
57 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.
When my baby sister went home to JESUS in October of 2021, I felt she was being "spared" from something "still to come".
As if GOD secured this precious soul in His perfect time.
Now, I know for sure, my feelings were correct.
Only because the Bible confirms it.
Here's what I found, through other Bible versions, that "the righteous is taken away from the evil to come".
Isaiah 57:1
Amplified Bible
Evil Leaders Rebuked
57 The righteous man perishes [at the hand of evil], and no one takes it to heart;
Faithful and devout men are taken away, while no one understands
That the righteous person is taken away [to be spared] from disaster and evil.
Isaiah 57:1
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
57 The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; and merciful and devout men are taken away, with no one considering that the uncompromisingly upright and godly person is taken away from the calamity and evil to come [even through wickedness].
Isaiah 57:1
Complete Jewish Bible
57 The righteous person perishes,
and nobody gives it a thought.
Godly men are taken away,
and no one understands
that the righteous person is taken away
from the evil yet to come.
Isaiah 57:1
Darby Translation
57 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 before the evil.
Isaiah 57:1
Easy-to-Read Version
Israel Does Not Follow God
57 All the good people are gone,
and no one even noticed.
The loyal followers were gathered up,
but no one knows why.
The reason they were gathered up
is that trouble is coming.
Isaiah 57:1
Evangelical Heritage Version
There Will Be Peace for the Righteous Even in Death
The righteous one perishes,
but no one takes it to heart.
Men of mercy[a] are being taken away,
but no one understands
that the righteous one is being spared from evil.
Isaiah 57:1
English Standard Version
Israel's Futile Idolatry
57 The righteous man perishes,
and no one lays it to heart;
devout men are taken away,
while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;
Isaiah 57:1
Good News Translation
Israel's Idolatry Is Condemned
57 Good people die, and no one understands or even cares. But when they die, no calamity can hurt them.
Isaiah 57:1
International Children’s Bible
Israel Does Not Follow God
57 Those right with God may die,
but no one pays attention.
Good people are taken away,
but no one understands.
The people who do right are being taken away because of evil.
Isaiah 57:1
Lexham English Bible
Idolatry is Adultery
57 The righteous one perishes, and there is no one who takes[a] it to heart.
And men of faithfulness are gathered, while there is no one who understands,
for the righteous is gathered from the presence of wickedness.
Isaiah 57:1
Living Bible
57 The good men perish; the godly die before their time, and no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to realize that God is taking them away from evil days ahead.
Isaiah 57:1
New International Version
57 The righteous perish,
and no one takes it to heart;
the devout are taken away,
and no one understands
that the righteous are taken away
to be spared from evil.
Isaiah 57:1
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Israel’s Futile Idolatry
57 The righteous perish,
and no one takes it to heart;
the devout are taken away,
while no one understands.
For the righteous are taken away from calamity,
Yeshayah 57:1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
57 The tzaddik perisheth, and no ish layeth it to lev; and anshei chesed are taken away, none considering that the tzaddik is taken away from the ra’ah (evil, calamity) to come.
Isaiah 57:1
The Voice
57 Eternal One: The person who does what is right dies, and no one cares.
Good people are carted off, and no one understands why.
For those who are in the right are taken away
and spared a face-to-face encounter with evil.
Isaiah 57:1
Wycliffe Bible
57 A just man perisheth, and none is that thinketh in his heart; and men of mercy be gathered together, for none there is that understandeth; for why a just man is gathered from the face of malice. (The just, or the righteous, perish, and no one thinketh about it in their hearts, or in their minds; and people of mercy be taken away, and no one understandeth, that the just, or the righteous, have been taken away, before that malice, or the evil, come.)
In SUMMARY, "the righteous is taken away from the evil to come" means:
the righteous person is taken away [to be spared] from disaster and evil
the uncompromisingly upright and godly person is taken away from the calamity and evil to come [even through wickedness]
the righteous person is taken away from the evil yet to come
the righteous is taken away from before the evil
The reason they were gathered up is that trouble is coming.
the righteous one is being spared from evil
the righteous man is taken away from calamity
when they die, no calamity can hurt them
The people who do right are being taken away because of evil.
the righteous is gathered from the presence of wickedness
God is taking them away from evil days ahead
the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil
the righteous are taken away from calamity
the tzaddik is taken away from the ra’ah (evil, calamity) to come
those who are in the right are taken away and spared a face-to-face encounter with evil
a just man is gathered from the face of malice; the just, or the righteous, have been taken away, before that malice, or the evil, come
What evil is expected to come?
We are in the latter times, so this is expected:
2 Timothy 3:1-7
King James Version
3 This know also,
that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves,
covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers,
incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded,
lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness,
but denying the power thereof:
from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses,
and lead captive silly women laden with sins,
led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning,
and never able to come
to the knowledge of the truth.
1 John 2:18
King James Version
18 Little children,
it is the last time:
and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come,
even now are there many antichrists;
whereby we know that it is the last time.
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