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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.
But peace will come too,
    and those who trust him will get to rest in their own beds.

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Israel's Futile Idolatry

57 The righteous man perishes,
    and no one lays it to heart;
(A)devout men are taken away,
    while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;
    (B)he enters into peace;
they rest (C)in their beds
    who walk in their uprightness.

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