Isaiah 57:4
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,
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
3But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
Cross References
Exodus 9:17As yet exaltest thou thyself against My people, that thou wilt not let them go?
Numbers 16:11Therefore thou and all thy company that are gathered together against the LORD — ; and as to 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 us sport.' And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them; and they set him between the pillars.
Job 16:9He hath torn me in His wrath, and hated me; He hath gnashed upon me with His teeth; mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Psalms 22:13(22-14) They open wide their mouth against me, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Psalms 35:21Yea, they open their mouth wide against me; they say: 'Aha, aha, our eye hath 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 →