Isaiah 48 · Verse 22

Isaiah 48:22

There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
Isaiah 48:22, King James Version

Isaiah 48:22 in other translations

BSB“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
WEB“There is no peace”, says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
ASVThere is no peace, saith Jehovah, to the wicked.
YLTThere is no peace, said Jehovah, to the wicked!
DARBYThere is no peace, saith Jehovah, unto the wicked.
BBEThere is no peace, says the Lord, for the evil-doers.
WebsterThere is no peace, saith the LORD, to the wicked.

What does Isaiah 48:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. Repeated (Is 57:21). All the blessings just mentioned (Is 48:21) belong only to the godly, not to the wicked. Israel shall first cast away its wicked unbelief before it shall inherit national prosperity (Zec 12:10-14; 13:1, 9; 14:3, 14, 20, 21). The sentiment holds good also as to all wicked men (Job 15:20-25, 31-34).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked - See below, note on Isa 57:21 (note). As the destruction of Babylon was determined, God commands his people to hasten out of it; for, saith the Lord, there is no peace (prosperity) to the wicked; ουκ εστι χαιρειν τοις ασεβεσιν, λεγει Κυριος. - Sept. "There is no rejoicing or prosperity to the wicked saith the Lord." Their is not pese to unrytous men seith the Lord. - Old MS. Bible.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 48:16-22

The Holy Spirit qualifies for service; and those may speak boldly, whom God and his Spirit send. This is to be applied to Christ. He was sent, and he had the Spirit without measure. Whom God redeems, he teaches; he teaches to profit by affliction, and then makes them partakers of his holiness. Also, by his grace he leads them in the way of duty; and by his providence he leads in the way of deliverance. God did not…

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Isaiah 48:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֵ֣ין'einnotH369
שָׁל֔וֹםsha.LompeaceH7965
אָמַ֥ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לָרְשָׁעִֽים\׃\ \סla.re.sha.'Im[belongs] to <the> wicked [people]H7563

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 48:22

  • Isaiah 57:21

    There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

  • Job 15:20-24

    The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. …

  • Luke 19:42

    Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

  • Romans 3:17

    And the way of peace have they not known:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
57:21; Job 15:20-24; Lu 19:42; Ro 3:17

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Context

  • Isaiah 48:21

    And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

  • Isaiah 48:22

    There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.

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Isaiah 48:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No hay paz para los malos, dijo Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il n’y a pas de paix, dit l’ Éternel, pour les méchants.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Kein Friede den Gesetzlosen! spricht Jehova. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non est pax impiis, dicit Dominus.