Isaiah Chapter 57 verse 3 Holy Bible
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
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But come near, you sons of her who is wise in secret arts, the seed of her who is false to her husband, and of the loose woman.
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But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
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But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
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But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute.
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And ye, come near hither, O sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer, Even thou dost commit whoredom.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 3-14. - ISRAEL SEVERELY REBUKED FOR IDOLATRY. Though Hezekiah had made a great reformation of religion when he ascended the throne(2 Kings 18:4; 2 Chronicles 29:3-19), and had done his best to put down idolatry, yet it was still dear to large numbers among the people, and was easily revived by Manasseh in the earlier portion of his reign (2 Chronicles 33:2-9). Isaiah now rebukes various kinds of idolatrous practices, and shows the vanity of them. Verse 3. - Draw near hither. Approach, to hear the reprimand which ye so well deserve. Ye sons of the sorceress; rather, of a sorceress. Judah herself, the nation, is the" sorceress" and "adulteress," whose individual children are summoned to draw near. She is an adulteress; for she has transgressed against the mystic marriage-tie which bound her to Jehovah (see Isaiah 54:5, and the comment ad lot.). She is also a "sorceress," since she has bewitched her children, and given herself up to magical as well as to idolatrous practices (2 Chronicles 33:6). Seed of the adulterer and the whore; rather, seed of an adulteress, and that thyself committest whoredom. The congenital tendency has broken out into act. The Israel addressed is as "adulterous," i.e. idolatrous, as the Israel of former times.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Ye sons of the sorceress.--The words may be purely figurative, as meaning those who practise sorcery, but it is also possible that they may have reference to the female soothsayers, such as are described in Ezekiel 13:17-23.The adulterer.--Here again the epithet may have had both a figurative and a literal application. (Comp. Matthew 12:39; Matthew 16:4; James 4:4.)
