Isaiah 57:4
Against whom do ye sport yourselves, against whom ye make a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3But draw near here, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
Cross References
Exodus 9:17As yet thou exalt thyself against my people, that thou will not let them go?
Numbers 16:11Therefore thou and all thy company are gathered together against LORD. And Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?
Judges 16:25And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make sport to us. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house, and he made sport before them. And they set him between the pilla
Job 16:9He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed upon me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes upon me.
Psalms 22:13They gape upon me with their mouth, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
Psalms 35:21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:4-13
A Charge against the People. ( b. c. 706.) 3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. 4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, 5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? 6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou… Read the whole commentary →