Isaiah 48:22 "There is no peace," says the LORD, "for the
wicked."
Comment
The wicked have no real basis for peace. For after death comes a judgment
which they can't escape no matter how they have provided for themselves
in this life. "The cowardly, the unbelieving,
the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic
arts, the idolaters and all liars— their place will be in the fiery lake
of burning sulfur." Rev 21:8 Therefore at best they try to
achieve happiness hiding from the truth; hiding themselves in lies and
distracting themselves with the petty and vain things of this life. But
from time to time and ultimately in the end the truth hits them in the
face and they perish. For in the end "the smoke of
their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night."Rev
14:11