Isaiah 57:3
But draw near here, all of you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Updated King James Version
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 shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
Cross References
Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; it shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
Isaiah 45:20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, all of you that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
Jeremiah 3:9And it came to pass through the levity of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Hosea 2:4And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
Joel 3:9Proclaim all of you this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
Matthew 12:34O generation of vipers, how can all of 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 →