Isaiah 57:3
“And you, come near here, || O sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer, || Even you commit whoredom.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
In Context
2He enters into peace, they rest on their beds, || [Each] is going straightforward.
Cross References
Genesis 3:15and I put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He bruises your head, and you bruise His heel.”
Isaiah 45:20Be gathered, and come in, || Come near together, you escaped of the nations, || They have not known, || Who are lifting up the wood of their carved image, || And praying to a god [that] does not save.
Jeremiah 3:9And it has come to pass, from the vileness of her fornication, that the land is defiled, and she commits fornication with stone and with wood.
Hosea 2:4And her sons I do not pity, || For they [are] sons of whoredoms,
Joel 3:9Proclaim this among nations, || Sanctify a war, stir up the mighty ones, || Come near, come up, let all the men of war.
Matthew 12:34Brood of vipers! How are you able to speak good things—being evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:2-3
Death of the Righteous. ( b. c. 706.) 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. 2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. The prophet, in the close of the foregoing chapter, had condemned the watchmen for their ignorance and sottishness; here he shows the general stupidity and senselessness of the people likewise. No wonder they were… Read the whole commentary →