Kabbalah zu Jeschijahu 57:1

"And Jacob dwelt in the land in which his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan." Rabbi Yosi opened the discussion with the verse, "The righteous perish, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come" (Yeshayah 57:1). "The righteous perish" when the Holy One, blessed be He, looks on the world and it is not as it should be, and Judgment falls on the world. Then the righteous among them is taken away so that the Judgment will fall only on the others, who will have no protection.

When the wicked multiply in the world, as it says, "the waters fail from the sea, and the river is parched, and dries up" (Job 14:11). The place where "The waters fail from the sea" is the Holy Land, as previously mentioned. (The female principle) is watered by the supernal stream. while "the river is parched, and dries up" refers to the pillar upon which she is founded, (Yesod). "The river is parched, and dries up" (is the same as) "The righteous perish" (Isaiah 57:1).