Isaiah 57:3

But draw near to here, 1 ye bnei onenah (you children of a sorceress), 1 zera mena'ef (offspring of an adulterer) and she who plays the zonah. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 shall enter into shalom; 1 they shall rest in their mishkevot (couches, i.e., tombs), 1 each one walking in his nekhochah (uprightness, integrity, honesty). 1

4At whom are you sneering? 1 Against whom make ye a wide mouth, 1 and draw out the leshon? 1 Are ye not yeledim of peysha (rebellion), 1 zera sheker? 1

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Cross References

Genesis 3:15And I will put eivah + 3:15 enmity, Midrash Rabbah 23:5 between thee and HaIsha, + 3:15 See HaAlmah, Isa 7:14 1 and between thy zera and her Zera; 1 He shall crush thy rosh, 1 and thou shalt strike His akev (heel).

Isaiah 45:20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, 1 ye that are fugitives escaped of the Goyim; 1 they have no da'as (knowledge, rationality) that burden themselves with their etz pesel (wooden idol), 1 the ones davening to an el lo yoshia (g-d who cannot save). 1

Jeremiah 3:9And it came to pass through the lightness with which she + 3:9 Yisroel took her zenut (whoredom), that she defiled HaAretz, and committed adultery with HaEven (the Stone) + 3:9 of the fertility cult of Ba'al worship and with HaEtz (the Wood). + 3:9 of the fertility cult of Ba'al worship

Hosea 2:4Plead with immechem (your mother), plead; 1 for she is not my isha (wife), 1 neither am I her ish (husband); 1 let her therefore put away her zenunim (whoredoms) out of her sight, 1 and her na'afufim (adulteries) from between her breasts; 1

Matthew 12:34You banim of nechashim (sons of snakes), how are you able to speak tovot (good things), for out of the abundance of the lev (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 →

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