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?
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
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 your children in the valleys among the rocks?
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 Samson out of the prison house, and let him play before us: and they called Samson 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; 1 He has gnashed his teeth upon me: 1 The weapons of his robbers have fallen upon me. 1
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 →