Isaiah 57:4

At 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 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

5Enflaming yourselves among + 57:5 cult prostitution and Ba'al sympathetic magic in worshipping fertility elim (oaks, big trees) 1 under every spreading tree, 1 slaughtering the yeladim in the valleys 1 under the clefts of the rocks? 1

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Cross References

Exodus 9:17Thou still are exalting thyself against My people, that thou wilt not let them go.

Numbers 16:11For which cause both thou and all thy edah are gathered together against Hashem; and what is Aharon, that ye murmur against him?

Judges 16:25And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Shimshon, that he may entertain us. And they called for Shimshon out of the prison house; and he entertained them; and they set him between the ammudim.

Job 16:9He teareth me in his wrath, who warreth against me; 1 He gnasheth upon me with His shinayim (teeth); 1 mine adversary sharpeneth His eyes against me. 1

Psalms 22:13Parim rabbim (many bulls) have encompassed me; 1 strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round about. 1

Psalms 35:21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, 1 and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. 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 →

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