Isaiah 59:5

They hatch eggs of a poisonous snake and weave a spider's web. 1 Whoever eats of their eggs dies, and if an egg is crushed, it hatches into a poisonous snake. 1

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They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

In Context

4No one calls in righteousness, and none pleads his case in truth. 1 They trust in empty words, and tell lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to sin. 1

6Their webs cannot be used for garments, nor can they cover themselves with their works. 1 Their works are works of sin, and deeds of violence are in their hands. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 23:32In the last it bites like a serpent 1 and it stings like an adder. 1

Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to him for baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath that is coming?

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:2-9

The Prevalence and Effects of Sin. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Behold, the Lord 's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. 4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak… Read the whole commentary →

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