Isaiah 57:3

Isaiah 57:3

Israel’s Futile Idolatry

1 The righteous perishes,
And no man takes it to heart;
^aMerciful men are taken away,
^bWhile no one considers
That the righteous is taken away from¹ evil.

2 He shall enter into peace;
They shall rest in ^atheir beds,
Each one walking in his uprightness.

3 “But come here,
^aYou sons of the sorceress,
You offspring of the adulterer and the harlot!

4 Whom do you ridicule?
Against whom do you make a wide mouth
And stick out the tongue?
Are you not children of transgression,
Offspring of falsehood,

5 Inflaming yourselves with gods ^aunder every green tree,
^bSlaying the children in the valleys,
Under the clefts of the rocks?

6 Among the smooth ^astones of the stream
Is your portion;
They, they, are your lot!
Even to them you have poured a drink offering,
You have offered a grain offering.
Should I receive comfort in ^bthese?

7 “On^a a lofty and high mountain
You have set ^byour bed;
Even there you went up
To offer sacrifice.

8 Also behind the doors and¹ their posts
You have set up your remembrance;
For you have uncovered yourself to those other than Me,
And have gone up to them;
You have enlarged your bed
And made a covenant with them;
^aYou have loved their bed,
Where you saw their¹ nudity.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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Hither - To God's tribunal, to receive your sentence. Sons - Not by propagation, but by imitation. And the whore - Not the genuine children of Abraham, their dispositions were far more suitable to a bastardly brood, than to Abraham's seed.

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