Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 57:1-2

"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]. He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness." — Isaiah 57:1-2 (ASV)

When a storm is approaching, you may see the shepherds among the hills gathering their sheep and taking them home, and when good men die in large numbers and the Church's ranks are thinned, it is sometimes a sign that bad times are coming, and so God takes away the righteous from the evil to come. Oh! If people knew what the world loses when a good man dies, they would regret it far more than the death of emperors and kings who do not fear God.

But as for those who are made righteous by the grace of God, they need not fear to die. To them it will be a rest—a sleep with Jesus—until the trumpet of the resurrection, and all the evil that will come upon the world will not touch them. They will rest until the Master comes. Now, the rest of the chapter is a very terrible description of the sin of the people of Isaiah's day. And finally, it contains a very brilliant display of the grace of God.