Isaiah 57:4

Whom do you mock? 2 Against whom do you make a wide mouth, 2 and stick out your tongue? 1 Are not you children of a rebellious breach of relationship, 2 and offspring of falsehood, 1

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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

3“But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress, 2 you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes. 1

5you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, 2 under every green tree; 1 who kill the children in the valleys, 2 under the clefts of the rocks? 1

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Cross References

Exodus 9:17as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won’t let them go.

Numbers 16:11Therefore you and all your company have gathered together against Adonai! What is Aaron [Light-bringer] that you murmur against him?”

Psalms 22:13They open their mouths wide against me, 2 lions tearing prey and roaring. 1

Psalms 35:21Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. 2 They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has 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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