פּירוש אויף ישעיהו 57:21

“There is no peace for the wicked” [57:21]. That is to say, the Holy One said: I will give the evildoers no peace and I will let them be warned by the prophets, in order to punish them, so that they should not say, we did not know what is a your sin. Therefore, the verse says here, “cry with full throat, without restraint; raise your voice, like a ram’s horn” [58:1]. This means, cry with your throat, shout very loud, like a ram’s horn, and tell Israel all of their sins. These same evildoers present themselves as very pious, just like they would love Me, God. They bow down at Modim [we thank you] often. Therefore the verse says, “they seek me daily” [58:2]. They come into the synagogue to seek Me, just like they wanted to know My path. Therefore he says, “eager to learn My ways” [58:2]. They always seek Me and do not desire to observe this. They fast and they do not receive what they desire. He says, why should we fast? Should we torment our bodies because He heeds our fasts? Concerning this, the verse says, “why, when we fasted, did You pay no heed?” [58:3]. That is to say, we fast and God does not look upon our fasts and we torment our bodies and you do not want to know. The Holy One responds, “because on your fast day you see to your business” [58:3]. That is, how should I accept your fasts when you fast? You follow all of you desires. You play cards and discuss the news. You spend the day and sometimes engage in slander about people in the course of your conversation.⁶Radak, Isaiah, 58:3.

There is no peace In contrast to what he said to the righteous and the repentant, “Peace, peace to the far, etc.,” he returned and said, “There is no peace for the wicked.”

There is no peace, etc. No peace shall be to them, because they cannot rest.