Israel’s Futile Idolatry
And no man takes it to heart;
aMerciful men are taken away,
bWhile no one considers
That the righteous is taken away from1 evil.
Against whom do you make a wide mouth
And stick out the tongue?
Are you not children of transgression,
Offspring of falsehood,
bSlaying the children in the valleys,
Under the clefts of the rocks?
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?
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.
And increased your perfumes;
You sent your bmessengers far off,
And even descended to Sheol.
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Isaiah 57:3
But . . . ye—In contrast to "the righteous" and their end, he announces to the unbelieving Jews their doom.
sons of the sorceress—that is, ye that are addicted to sorcery: this was connected with the worship of false gods (II Kings 21:6). No insult is greater to an Oriental than any slur cast on his mother (I Samuel 20:30; Job 30:8).
seed of the adulterer—Spiritual adultery is meant: idolatry and apostasy (Matthew 16:4).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 57:3:
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