Isaiah 57:3
But draw you⌃ near hither, you⌃ lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
In Context
2His burial shall be in peace: he has been removed out of the way.
Cross References
Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed, he shall + 3:15 Gr. keep. Other readings of the passage are πλήξει and πλήξεις and τειρήσει and τειρήσεις. See Parkhurst in שֵׁנִי watch against your head, and you shall + 3:15 Gr. keep. Other readings of the passage are πλήξει and πλήξεις and τειρήσει and τειρήσεις. See Parkhurst in שֵׁנִי watch against his heel.
Isaiah 45:20Assemble yourselves and come; take counsel together, you⌃ that escape of the nations: they that set up wood, even their graven image, have no knowledge, nor they who pray to gods that do not save.
Jeremiah 3:9And her fornication was nothing accounted of; and she committed adultery with wood and stone.
Hosea 2:4And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are children of fornication.
Joel 3:9Proclaim these things among the Gentiles; + 3:9 Gr. sanctify. declare war, arouse the warriors, draw near and go up, all you⌃ men of war.
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 →