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 Living Translation (NLT)Whom do you mock, making faces and sticking out your tongues? You children of sinners and liars!

Context of Isaiah 57:4

2He shall enter into peace; They shall rest in their beds, Each one walking in his uprightness. 3“But come here, You sons of the sorceress, You offspring of the adulterer and the harlot! 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, 5Inflaming yourselves with gods under every green tree, Slaying the children in the valleys, Under the clefts of the rocks? 6Among the smooth stones of the stream 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 these?

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 10:15Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it? Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it? As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up, Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood!
• Isaiah 37:23“Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
• Exodus 9:17As yet you exalt yourself against My people in that you will not let them go.
• Exodus 16:7And in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord; for He hears your complaints against the Lord. But what are we, that you complain against us?”
• Numbers 16:11Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the Lord. And what is Aaron that you complain against him?”
• Luke 10:16He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.”
• Acts 9:4Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
• Judges 16:25So it happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, “Call for Samson, that he may perform for us.” So they called for Samson from the prison, and he performed for them. And they stationed him between the pillars.
• Psalms 69:12Those who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am the song of the drunkards.
• Matthew 27:29When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
• 2 Peter 2:13and will receive the wages of unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while they feast with you,
• Psalms 35:21They also opened their mouth wide against me, And said, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it.”
• Joshua 10:21And all the people returned to the camp, to Joshua at Makkedah, in peace. No one moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
• Job 16:9He tears me in His wrath, and hates me; He gnashes at me with His teeth; My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.
• Psalms 22:7All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
• Lamentations 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you; They hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that is called ‘The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole 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

• Bed
• Dirt
• Eternity
• Inhabit
• Lofty
• Crime; Crimes
• Isaiah
• Mouth
• Saviour
• Seed

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