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 - King James 2000 Against whom do you make sport? against whom do you open your mouth wide, and stick out the tongue? are you not children of transgression, offspring of falsehood, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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.
They gaped on me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
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, and said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
And yet exalt you yourself against my people, that you will not let them go?
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a descendant of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they have turned away backward.
Shall the ax boast itself against him that hews with it? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that uses it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were not wood.
Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, that take counsel, but not from me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice, and lifted up your eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
Because your rage against me, and your tumult, has come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
Yea, you heard not; yea, you knew not; yea, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you would deal very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?
For since I spoke, I cried out, I cried violence and plunder; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
For they are impudent children and stubborn. I do send you unto them; and you shall say unto them, Thus says the Lord GOD.
O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
For which cause both you and all your company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that you murmur against him?
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
He that hears you hears me; and he that despises you despises me; and he that despises me despises him that sent me.
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things comes the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
For which things' sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience:
And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. Spots they are and blemishes, reveling themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;