Isaiah 57:3
“But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes.
World Messianic 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 enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.
Cross References
Genesis 3:15I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”
Isaiah 45:20“Assemble yourselves and come. Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations. Those have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can’t save.
Jeremiah 3:9Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.
Hosea 2:4Indeed, on her children I will have no mercy, for they are children of unfaithfulness.
Joel 3:9Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.
Matthew 12:34You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the 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 →