Isaiah 57:3
New International Version
“But you—come here, you children of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!

New Living Translation
“But you—come here, you witches’ children, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!

English Standard Version
But you, draw near, sons of the sorceress, offspring of the adulterer and the loose woman.

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

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

New King James Version
“But come here, You sons of the sorceress, You offspring of the adulterer and the harlot!

New American Standard Bible
“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, Offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute!

NASB 1995
“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, Offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.

NASB 1977
“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, Offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.

Legacy Standard Bible
“But draw near, you sons of a soothsayer, Seed of an adulterer and a prostitute.

Amplified Bible
“But come here, you sons of a sorceress [raised in deception and superstition], Offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.

Christian Standard Bible
But come here, you witch’s sons, offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But come here, you sons of a sorceress, offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute!

American Standard Version
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

Contemporary English Version
You people are unfaithful! You go to fortunetellers, and you worship idols. Now pay close attention!

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But you-come here, you children of witches, you descendants of adulterers and prostitutes!

Good News Translation
Come here to be judged, you sinners! You are no better than sorcerers, adulterers, and prostitutes.

International Standard Version
"But as for you, come here, you children of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!

Majority Standard Bible
?But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!

NET Bible
But approach, you sons of omen readers, you offspring of adulteresses and prostitutes!

New Heart English Bible
"But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.

Webster's Bible Translation
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the lewd.

World English Bible
“But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
“And you, come near here, "" O sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer, "" Even you commit whoredom.

Young's Literal Translation
And ye, come near hither, O sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer, Even thou dost commit whoredom.

Smith's Literal Translation
And ye, come ye near here, sons of her practicing magic, seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But draw near hither, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer, and of the harlot.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But come here, you sons of the prophetess, you offspring of an adulterous man and a fornicating woman.

New American Bible
But you, draw near, you children of a sorceress, offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute!

New Revised Standard Version
But as for you, come here, you children of a sorceress, you offspring of an adulterer and a whore.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
But you draw near hither, you sons of the afflicted one, the offspring of the adulterer and the whore.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And you come here, sons of affliction, seed of adulterers and fornicators
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
But draw near hither, Ye sons of the sorceress, The seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But draw ye near hither, ye lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
God Condemns Idolatry
3“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! 4Whom are you mocking? At whom do you snarl and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,…

Cross References
Hosea 4:12-14
My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. / They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. / I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.

Ezekiel 16:44-45
Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’ / You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

Jeremiah 3:9
Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.

2 Kings 9:22
When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”

Ezekiel 23:37
For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.

Hosea 2:2-5
Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts. / Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst. / I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery. ...

Jeremiah 2:20
“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

Ezekiel 16:25-26
At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by. / You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.

Jeremiah 5:7-8
“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes. / They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

Ezekiel 23:30
have brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.

Matthew 12:39
Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

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.

Revelation 17:1-2
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. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”

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.

Mark 8:38
If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”


Treasury of Scripture

But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

draw

Isaiah 45:20
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

Joel 3:9-11
Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: …

sons

Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Hosea 1:2
The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.

Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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Isaiah 57
1. The blessed death of the righteous
3. God reproves the People for their idolatry
13. He gives promises of mercy to the penitent














But come here
This phrase serves as a direct summons, a call to attention. In the Hebrew text, the word "come" is "qarab," which implies drawing near or approaching with intention. This is not a casual invitation but a command that demands the audience's presence. Historically, this reflects the prophetic tradition where God, through His prophets, calls His people to account. The urgency in this call is a precursor to the rebuke that follows, emphasizing the seriousness of the message.

you sons of a sorceress
The term "sons" here is "ben" in Hebrew, often used to denote not just literal offspring but also followers or those who embody certain characteristics. "Sorceress" is translated from "kashaph," which refers to one who practices witchcraft or divination, activities strictly condemned in the Mosaic Law (Deuteronomy 18:10-12). This phrase is a metaphorical indictment of the Israelites' spiritual infidelity, suggesting that they have inherited and perpetuated practices that are abhorrent to God. It highlights the spiritual corruption that has infiltrated the community, likening their actions to those who seek power and guidance outside of God's will.

you offspring of adulterers
"Offspring" is "zera" in Hebrew, meaning seed or descendants. The term "adulterers" is "na'aph," which not only refers to physical unfaithfulness but also symbolizes spiritual apostasy. In the prophetic literature, idolatry is often equated with adultery, as the covenant relationship between God and Israel is likened to a marriage. This phrase underscores the betrayal of the covenant, where the people have turned to other gods, forsaking their divine relationship with Yahweh.

and prostitutes
The word "prostitutes" is "zanah" in Hebrew, which can mean both literal prostitution and metaphorical unfaithfulness to God. This term is frequently used in the prophetic books to describe Israel's idolatry and alliances with foreign nations, which are seen as acts of spiritual harlotry. The use of this term in conjunction with "adulterers" intensifies the accusation, painting a picture of a people who have wholly abandoned their sacred commitments. It serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of turning away from God and the purity of worship He demands.

(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.)

Verses 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.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But come
קִרְבוּ־ (qir·ḇū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7126: To come near, approach

here,
הֵ֖נָּה (hên·nāh)
Adverb
Strong's 2008: Hither, thither

you
וְאַתֶּ֥ם (wə·’at·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

sons
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of a sorceress,
עֹנְנָ֑ה (‘ō·nə·nāh)
Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 6049: To act covertly, practise magic

you offspring
זֶ֥רַע (ze·ra‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

of adulterers
מְנָאֵ֖ף (mə·nā·’êp̄)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5003: To commit adultery, to apostatize

and prostitutes!
וַתִּזְנֶֽה׃ (wat·tiz·neh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry


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