Verses 3-4
3, 4. Draw near… ye sons of the sorceress The Hebrew here is very emphatic: You, you. Sorcery is heathenism, (Furst.)
The seed of the adulterer In the Old Testament, adultery is a word uniformly used for idolatry so held, because the covenant between Jehovah and Israel was a marriage covenant. See chap. 54. God is the husband, Israel is the espoused to God. The address is here to the Jews in the plainest terms, equivalent to “let us look at your conduct in its true light. Scorners ye are.”
Against whom do ye sport Literally, do ye make up faces? Who is the butt of your mockings? See if jeer and contempt be not due to yourselves alone.
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