Isaiah 57:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 57:3

Isaiah 57:3. But draw near hither, &c.— The prophet proceeds to exhibit the church, totally corrupt as it was, the good men being extinct or dispersed; so that they who remained of the faithful lay hid in solitary places; while the body of the church appeared like a dead carcase; not the true, but the adulterous church. This church is summoned before the judgment-seat of God, first to be convinced, and afterwards to be condemned for her crimes; which crimes are spoken of under the ideas... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:3

3. But . . . ye—In contrast to "the righteous" and their end, he announces to the unbelieving Jews their doom. sons of the sorceress—that is, ye that are addicted to sorcery: this was connected with the worship of false gods (2 Kings 21:6). No insult is greater to an Oriental than any slur cast on his mother (1 Samuel 20:30; Job 30:8). seed of the adulterer—Spiritual adultery is meant: idolatry and apostasy (Matthew 16:4). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 57:3

God summoned the idolatrous Israelites, in contrast to the righteous (Isaiah 57:1-2), to come before Him for judgment. Rather than behaving like descendants of Abraham and Sarah (cf. Isaiah 51:2), these wicked Israelites were acting as though their father was an adulterer and their mother a sorceress and a prostitute. That is, they were congenitally selfish, unfaithful to God, and wayward."Adultery . . . expresses the principle (unfaithfulness to the covenant); prostitution the practice... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 57:3-13

Rampant apostasy 57:3-13Isaiah identified another mark of Israel, which boasted in its election by God and viewed righteousness in terms of correct worship ritual. This was the widespread departure of the nation from God (apostasy). She had forsaken God and had pursued idols. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:1-21

2. The peace of the grave is better than the condition of unrest under their rulers (Isaiah 57:1).Shall enter.. shall rest] RV ’entereth.. rest.’3, 5. Sons, etc.] i.e. descendants, perpetuating the character of their ancestors. Seed, etc.] i.e. through your idolatry violating the mystical union between Jehovah and His people: cp. Ezekiel 16:44.4. Sport yourselves] implying that they find delight in the misfortune of the servants of Jehovah. 5. Enflaming] The word describes the excitement... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 57:3

(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.) read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 57:1-21

Wearied in the Greatness of the Way Isaiah 57:10 Weariness spiritual weariness that is our subject tonight. It seems that in this chapter, as so often, the language of the Prophet is suggested by the incidents of national history. The memorable journey of Israel through the wilderness, in the passage from Egypt to Canaan, was fraught with many lessons concerning human infirmity and concerning Divine righteousness and grace. In this passage, where Isaiah laments the sinful defections of the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 57:1-21

CHAPTER XXIIITHE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCEIsaiah 56:9-12; Isaiah 57:1-21; Isaiah 58:1-14; Isaiah 59:1-21IT was inevitable, as soon as their city was again fairly in sight, that there should re-awaken in the exiles the civic conscience; that recollections of those besetting sins of their public life, for which their city and their independence were destroyed, should throng back upon them; that in prospect of their again becoming responsible for the discharge of justice and other... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 57:1-21

Chapters 56:9-57:14 must be read continuously. CHAPTERS 56:9-57:21 The Condition of the Apostate Nation and the two Classes 1. The condition of the shepherds of Israel (Isaiah 56:9-12 ) 2. Apostate Israel (Isaiah 57:1-14 ) 3. The two classes (Isaiah 57:15-21 ) The final chapter of this second section corresponds to the last chapter of the first section (chapter 48). The sad condition of the people Israel is pictured. This is their national apostasy throughout this age, while strangers... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 57:3

57:3 But draw near here, ye {c} sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.(c) He threatens the wicked hypocrites, who under the pretence of the name of God’s people, derided God’s word and his promises: boasting openly that they were the children of Abraham, but because they were not faithful and obedient as Abraham was, he calls them bastards and the children of sorcerers, who forsook God, and fled to wicked means for comfort. read more

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