Isaiah 57:4

Isaiah 57:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
• New International Version (NIV)Who are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not a brood of rebels, the offspring of liars?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open your mouth wide and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, the offspring of deceit,
• New King James Version (NKJV)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,

Context of Isaiah 57:4

2When somebody who has lived in a good way dies, he goes to a place where there is peace. In death, people like that rest on their beds. 3The Lord says, ‘But you magicians, come here! You use magic to learn about future times. You are the family of an adulteress and a prostitute. Who do you think you are laughing at? Who are you insulting? Who are you pointing at with your tongue? You are people who have turned against God. You love to tell lies. 5You worship your idols among the big trees, and you have sex at the same time. You kill your children as sacrifices to your false gods. You do that beside streams and in caves among the rocks. 6You take big stones from the streams, and they become your idols. They are the gods that you love to worship. You pour drink offerings over them. You offer grain to them. Because of what you do, should I not punish you?

Isaiah 57:4 word by word

עַל־מִי֙ תִּתְעַנָּ֔גוּ עַל־מִ֛י תַּרְחִ֥יבוּ פֶ֖ה תַּאֲרִ֣יכוּ לָשׁ֑וֹן הֲלֽוֹא־אַתֶּ֥ם יִלְדֵי־פֶ֖שַׁע זֶ֥רַע שָֽׁקֶר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Against whom do ye sportעָנֹג‛ânag · to delightH6026
• yourselves? against whom make ye a wideרָחַבrâchab · to enlargeH7337
• mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• draw outאָרַךְ'ârak · to prolongH748
• the tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• ye not childrenיֶ֫לֶדyeled · youthH3206
• of transgressionפֶּ֫שַׁעpesha‛ · transgressionH6588
• a seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: childrenH2233
• of falsehoodשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267

Cross-references for Isaiah 57:4

• Isaiah 10:15The Lord says this: ‘The axe has no more power than the person who uses it. A saw is not more important than the person who cuts with it. A stick cannot lift up the man who holds it. No, it is the man that lifts up the stick!’
• Isaiah 37:23Who do you think it is that you have insulted? Who have you shouted at? Who have you looked at so proudly? The answer is the Holy God of Israel!
• Exodus 9:17You are still too proud to let my people go.
• Exodus 16:7Then, in the morning, you will see how great the Lord is. The Lord has heard the bad things that you have said against him. We, Moses and Aaron, are the Lord's servants. So you are complaining against him, not against us!’
• Numbers 16:11You are not only speaking bad words against Aaron. You and all your group are complaining against the Lord!’
• Luke 10:16Jesus then said to his disciples, ‘Whoever listens to you is also listening to me. Whoever does not accept you does not accept me. And whoever does not accept me does not accept my Father God, who sent me.’
• Acts 9:4Saul fell down onto the ground. He heard a voice which said to him, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you fight against me?’
• Judges 16:25The people were very happy at the feast. They shouted, ‘Bring Samson here for us to see him! He can help us to enjoy our party.’ So they brought Samson out of the prison. The people were happy to see him. They made him stand between the pillars of the temple.
• Psalms 69:12People who sit at the city gate talk about me. People who are drunk make songs to sing about me.
• Matthew 27:29They used some branches with thorns to make a crown for him. Then they put it on his head. They put a long stick in his right hand. They went down on their knees in front of him. They laughed at him and they said, ‘Hello, King of the Jews, you are great!’
• 2 Peter 2:13They have caused other people to have much trouble. In return, God will cause them to have trouble. They just do things which will make their bodies happy. They have wild parties, even during the day. They eat and drink too much when they eat meals with you. They enjoy all these bad ways to be happy. As a result, people think bad things about you as well. They cause people to be ashamed about you. So they are like dirty marks that spoil something which is clean.
• Psalms 35:21They open their mouths wide to speak against me. They say, ‘Aha! We have seen the bad things that you do!’
• Joshua 10:21Then the whole Israelite army returned to Joshua at Makkedah. All the people in the land were too afraid to speak against the Israelites.
• Job 16:9God attacks me and he punishes me because he is angry. He shows his anger like a wild animal. He has become my enemy.
• Psalms 22:7Everyone that sees me laughs at me. They laugh and they shake their heads.
• Lamentations 2:15Everyone who goes by laughs at you. They are happy because you are sad. They see how the enemy has destroyed everything in Jerusalem. ‘Surely this cannot be the city that men called most beautiful,’ they say. ‘People have said that this city is the best city on earth.’

Commentaries on Isaiah 57:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Against whom do ye sport yourselves? - The word here rendered sport‘ (ענג ‛ānag ) means properly “to live delicately and tenderly”; then “to rejoice, to take pleasure or delight.” Here, however, it is evidently used in the sense of to sport oneself over anyone, that is, to deride; and the idea is, probably, that they made a sport or mockery of God, and of the institutions of religion. The prophet asks, with deep indignation and emotion, against whom they…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-12Verses 3-12 The Lord here calls apostates and hypocrites to appear before him. When reproved for their sins, and threatened with judgments, they ridiculed the word of God. The Jews were guilty of idolatry before the captivity; but not after that affliction. Their zeal in the worship of false gods, may shame our indifference in the worship of the true God. The service of sin is disgraceful slavery; those who thus debase themselves to hell, will justly have…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4mocking … stick out your tongue: The wicked oppressed the righteous by their insults (Isaiah 57:1–2; see also 28:9, 14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. sport yourselves--make a mock (Is 66:5). Are ye aware of the glory of Him whom you mock, by mocking His servants ("the righteous," Is 57:1)? (2Ch 36:16). make ... wide mouth--(Psa 22:7, 13; 35:21; La 2:16). children of transgression, &c.--not merely children of transgressors, and a seed of false parents, but of transgression and falsehood itself, utterly unfaithful to God.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 57:4

• Adultery
• Idolatry
• Infidelity
• Scoffing

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Isaiah 57

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings