Isaiah 57:20-21

[20] But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. [21] There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

What is the context of Isaiah 57:20-21?

Healing for the Backslider (Isaiah 57:14-21 true)
God Forgives the Repentant (Isaiah 57:14-21 true)
Comfort for the Contrite (Isaiah 57:14-21 true)
Peace for the Contrite (Isaiah 57:14-21 true)
God’s Reward for the Faithful (Isaiah 57:14-21 true)
Healing and Peace (Isaiah 57:14-21 true)
Evil Leaders Rebuked (Isaiah 57:1-21 true)

What does Isaiah 57:20-21 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The wicked contrast with the humble who take advantage of God"s provision of grace. Far from being at peace, their existence is as tumultuous as the tossing sea, which is incapable of being at rest. Their constant agitation creates many other problems, like the raging sea casts up debris and mud. No shalom is the portion of the wicked (cf. Isaiah 48:22).

"Hence if persons have experienced the unmerited grace of God as mediated through the Savior, and then expect to live lives dominated by greed ( Isaiah 57:17) and self-will, propitiating God from time to time with religious behavior, they will find not peace, but constant upheaval." ^[1]