but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Isaiah 57:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 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, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Against whom do you make sport and take your delight? Against whom do you open wide your mouth and put out your tongue? Are you not yourselves the children of transgression, the offspring of deceit– American Standard Version (1901) Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, Common English Bible Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open your mouth wide and stick out your tongue? Aren’t you children of rebellion, offspring of lies, Catholic Public Domain Version Whom are you mocking? Against whom have you opened your mouth wide and wagged your tongue? Are you not sons of wickedness, a lying offspring, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Upon whom have you jested? Upon whom have you opened your mouth wide and put out your tongue? Are not you wicked children, a false seed, |
but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
They that sit in the gate talk of me; And I am the song of the drunkards.
As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly: they have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged and gone backward.
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if a rod should shake them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood.
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
Because of thy raging against me, and for that thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
ye that inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and spoil: because the word of the LORD is made a reproach unto me, and a derision, all the day.
And the children are impudent and stiffhearted; I do send thee unto them: and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD
O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood; that the battle against the children of iniquity should not overtake them in Gibeah.
Therefore thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?
and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;
And they plaited a crown of thorns and put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.
and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
for which things' sake cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience;
that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; men that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their love-feasts while they feast with you;