🕊️ Isaiah 57

Isaiah 57 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, ““Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?” Isaiah 57 opens with these words: “The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from…” The line to keep is Isaiah 57:11: ““Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you…” Carry the word “whom” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Isaiah 57:11: ““Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Isaiah 57? Then try this: Read ““Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart?…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.