Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 57:1

1 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 .

Just and holy men, who are the pillars of the place and state in which they live, yea, as the Jews call them, the pillars of the World.

Few or none of the People. So he sheweth that the corruption was general in the People no less than in the Priests.

Is duly affected with this severe stroke and sad sign of Gods displeasure.

Or, godly; the same whom he now called righteous, whose duty and practice it is to exercise both Mercy or Kindness, and Justice.

From those dreadful Calamities which are coming upon the Nation.

Marginal references: Heb. men of kindness, or [illegible: 1 word].; Ps. 12. 1. Mic. 7. 2.; 2 Kin. [illegible: 1+ letters]2. 20.; Or, [illegible: 1 word] that which is evil.