God Condemns Idolatry
Isaiah 57:3
In 11 translations
- BSB
- “But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
- KJV
- ¶ But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
- WEB
- “But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes.
- ASV
- But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
- LSV
- “And you, come near here, || O sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer, || Even you commit whoredom.
- YLT
- And ye, come near hither, O sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer, Even thou dost commit whoredom.
- DBY
- But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
- DRC
- But draw near hither, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer, and of the harlot.
- GNV
- But you witches children, come hither, the seede of the adulterer and of the whore.
- JPS
- But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
- LXXE
- But draw ye near hither, ye lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְאַתֶּ֥ם קִרְבוּ־הֵ֖נָּה בְּנֵ֣י עֹנְנָ֑ה זֶ֥רַע מְנָאֵ֖ף וַתִּזְנֶֽה׃
- LXX-Br
- Ὑμεῖς δὲ προσαγάγετε ὧδε υἱοὶ ἄνομοι, σπέρμα μοιχῶν καὶ πόρνης.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 16:4A 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 3:10By 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.
- James 4:4You 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.
- Hosea 1:2When 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.”
- Isaiah 1:21See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!
- Joel 3:9–11Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack! Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’…
- Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
- Genesis 3:15And 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 3:7But 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?
- Matthew 23:33You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
- Revelation 17:1–5Then 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. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who…
- John 8:40–44But 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. You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared.…
- Luke 3:7Then 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?
- Isaiah 45:20Come, 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.
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