Isaiah 57:3

Translations

Modern

“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!

Traditional

But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

Literal

“And you, draw near here, sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer and prostitute!

Latin

Vos autem accedite huc, filii auguratricis, semen adulteri et fornicariæ.

Original

Hebrew

English

“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!

Notes

Isaiah 57:3

sons of a sorceress … offspring of adulterers and prostitutes: Baal religion, which flourished in Israel before the exile (see Isaiah 1:21–23), included immoral sexual practices.

Isaiah 56:9–57:13

This passage reflects on how common evil had become among God’s people. Many of them were greedy and wanted more and more for themselves (Isaiah 56:9–12). They treated righteous people with hatred and violence (Isaiah 57:1–2). They also worshiped idols instead of the true God (Isaiah 57:3–13).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Matthew 16:4
A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.
1 John 3:10
By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
Hosea 1:2
When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”
James 4:4
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
John 8:40–44
But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.
Revelation 17:1–5
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
Luke 3:7
Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Joel 3:9–11
Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
Matthew 23:33
You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
Isaiah 45:20
Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
Matthew 3:7
But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Glossary

Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature Sorcery

Topics

Adultery: General Scriptures Concerning Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of Scorning and Mocking: Idolaters Addicted To

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