Without a rebuttal, Jesus goes on deck and tells the wind and the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Only then are the winds and waves completely calm. When they are unable to handle it themselves, they wake Jesus up and accuse Him of not caring if they drown because of His ability to rest during such a horrific storm. When Jesus calms the storm in Mark 4:35-41, the disciples are first caught in a storm while Jesus is asleep below deck. Its symbolism is used throughout Scripture. ‘There is no peace,’ says my God, ‘for the wicked.’” The sea is vast, dangerous, dark, and restless. “But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud. Isaiah 57:20-21 describes the lack of peace the wicked shall have. Through Isaiah, God promises them their deliverance and comforts them in that their enemies do not and will not have rest. However, from the Israelite’s standpoint, it looks like the Babylonians are thriving with a peace that they themselves do not have in captivity. Isaiah 49 leaves the present deliverance for the foreshadowing of the ultimate deliverer, the Messiah.Įnding the chapter with “there is no peace…for the wicked” solidifies God’s promise to deliver His people from Babylon. It reveals God’s love for His people and the power to deliver them. We first see it in Isaiah 48:22, “‘There is no peace,’ says the Lord, ‘for the wicked.’” Isaiah 40-48 conveys the promise of God’s deliverance for Israel from their captivity in Babylon, and the Gentile king, Cyrus, who would deliver them. This paraphrase is derived from two verses in Isaiah: Isaiah 48:22 and Isaiah 57:20.
No Peace for the Wicked, Ain't No Rest for the Wicked So, how did it become to be paraphrased in that way from the way it is phrased in the Bible, and how has it lost its original meaning from when the prophet first penned it? We’ll first look at it from its source, Scripture. The biblical origin can mean that evil-doers will face eternal punishment, but in popular culture, it has come to have a different meaning altogether, and the 2008 song, “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked” by Cage the Elephant has become somewhat of an anthem to excuse something that cannot be helped or even praise the lifestyle of “the wicked.” "Ain't no rest for the wicked." The paraphrase, “There is no rest for the wicked” comes from a couple of verses in Isaiah.
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