Isaiah 57:4

Wherein have ye been rioting? and against whom have ye opened your mouth, and against whom have ye loosed your tongue? are ye not children of perdition? a lawless seed?

Brenton Septuagint

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 draw ye near hither, ye lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.

5who call upon idols under the leafy trees, slaying + 57:5 Gr. their.your children in the valleys among the rocks?

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Cross References

Exodus 9:17Dost thou then yet exert thyself to hinder my people, so as not to let them go?

Numbers 16:11Thus it is with thee and all thy congregation which is gathered together against God: and who is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?

Judges 16:25And when their heart was merry, then they said, Call Sampson out of the prison-house, and let him play before us: and they called Sampson out of the prison-house, and he played before them; and they smote him with the palms of their hands, and set him between the pillars.

Job 16:9In his anger he has cast me down; he has gnashed his teeth upon me: the weapons of his robbers have fallen upon 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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