Isaiah 57:4

Whom are you mocking? Against whom have you opened your mouth wide and wagged your tongue? Are you not sons of wickedness, a lying offspring,

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In The King James Version

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,

In Context

3But come here, you sons of the prophetess, you offspring of an adulterous man and a fornicating woman.

5who are being consoled by idols under every leafy tree, immolating little children at the torrents, under the high rocks?

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Cross References

Exodus 9:17Do you still retain my people, and are you still unwilling to release them?

Numbers 16:11and so that your entire group would stand against the Lord? For what is Aaron that you should murmur against him?”

Judges 16:25And rejoicing in their celebration, having now taken food, they instructed that Samson be called, and that he be mocked before them. And having been brought from prison, he was mocked before them. And they caused him to stand between two pillars.

Job 16:9My wrinkles bear witness against me, and a liar rises up against my face, contradicting me.

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 →

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