Isaiah 57:4

Easy To Read Version

You are evil and lying children.\par You make fun of me.\par You make faces at me.\par You stick your tongues out at me.\par

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:16

But God’s people made fun of God’s prophets. They refused to listen to God’s prophets. They hated God’s messages. Finally God could not hold his anger any longer. God became angry at his people and there was nothing that could be done to stop it.

Psalm 22:13

Their mouths are wide open\par like a lion roaring\par and tearing at an animal.\par

Psalm 22:17

I can see my bones.\par And the people are staring at me!\par They keep looking at me! {\cf2\super [130]} \par

Psalm 22:7

Everyone who looks at me\par makes fun of me.\par They shake their heads\par and stick out their tongues at me.\par

Psalm 35:21

My enemies are saying bad things\par about me.\par \{They tell lies and say,\}\par “Aha! We know what you are doing!”\par

Psalm 69:12

They talk about me in public places.\par The beer drinkers make up songs about me.\par

Exodus 9:17

You are still against my people. You are not letting them go free.

Isaiah 1:4

The nation of Israel is full of guilt. This guilt is like a heavy weight the people have to carry. Those people are like bad children from evil families. They left the Lord. They insulted the Holy One (God) of Israel. They left him and treated him like a stranger.

Isaiah 10:15

An axe is not better than the person that cuts with it. A saw is not better than the person that saws with it. \{But Assyria thinks he is more important and powerful than God.\} And this is like a stick being more powerful and important than the person that picks it up and uses it to punish someone.

Isaiah 30:1

The Lord said, “Look at these children. They don’t obey me. They make plans, but they don’t ask me to help them. They make agreements with other nations, but my Spirit does not want those agreements. These people are adding more and more sins to themselves.

Isaiah 30:9

These people are like children that refuse to obey \{their parents\}. They lie and refuse to listen to the Lord’s teachings.

Isaiah 37:23

But who did you insult and make fun of?\par Who did you speak against?\par You were against the Holy One of Israel!\par You acted like you were better than him!\par

Isaiah 37:29

Yes, you were upset at me.\par I heard your proud insults.\par So I will put my hook in your nose.\par And I will put my bit {\cf2\super [356]} in your mouth.\par Then I will turn you around\par and lead you back the way you came.’”\par

Isaiah 48:8

“But even then,\par you didnt listen to me!\par You didn‘t learn anything!\par You refused to listen to anything\par I told you.\par I have known since the beginning\par that you would be against me.\par You have rebelled against me\par from the time you were born.\par

Isaiah 57:5

All you want is to worship false gods\par under every green tree.\par You kill children by every stream,\par and sacrifice them in the rocky places.\par

Jeremiah 20:8

Every time I speak, I shout.\par I am always shouting about\par violence and destruction.\par I tell the people about the message\par that I received from the Lord.\par But people only insult me\par and make fun of me.\par

Ezekiel 2:4

I am sending you to speak to those people. But they are very stubborn. They are very hard headed. But you must speak to those people. You must say, ‘The Lord our Master says these things.’

Hosea 10:9

Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah. {\cf2\super [107]} (And those people have continued sinning there.) War truly will catch those evil people at Gibeah.

Numbers 16:11

You and your followers have joined together and turned against the Lord! Did Aaron do anything wrong? No! So why are you complaining against Aaron?”

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world. The good seed are all of God’s children in the kingdom. The weeds are those people that belong to the Evil One (the devil).

Matthew 27:29

Then the soldiers used thorny branches to make a crown. They put this crown of thorns on Jesus’ head, and they put a stick in his right hand. Then the soldiers bowed before Jesus and teased him. They said, “Hello, king of the Jews!”

Luke 10:16

“When a person listens to you, that person is really listening to me. But when a person refuses to accept you, that person is really refusing to accept me. And when a person refuses to accept me, he is refusing to accept the One (God) that sent me.”

Acts 9:4

Saul fell to the ground. He heard a voice saying to him: “Saul, Saul! Why are you doing these bad things to me?”

Ephesians 5:6

Don’t let any person fool you by telling you things that are not true. Those evil things make God angry with the people who don’t obey.

Colossians 3:6

These things make God angry. {\cf2\super [15]}

Joshua 10:21

After the fighting, Joshua’s men came back to him at Makkedah. None of the people in that country were brave enough to say anything against the people of Israel.

2 Peter 2:13

These false teachers have made many people suffer. So they themselves will suffer. That is their pay for what they have done. These false teachers think it is fun to do evil things openly \{where all people can see\}. They enjoy the evil things that please them. So they are like dirty spots and stains among you—\{they bring shame to you\} in the meals that you eat together.