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Isaiah 57:3

But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

KJV

Vos autem accedite huc, filii auguratricis, semen adulteri et fornicariæ.

Vulgate

ὑμεῖς δὲ προσαγάγετε ὧδε, υἱοὶ ἄνομοι, σπέρμα μοιχῶν καὶ πόρνης·

LXX

But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.

ASV

וְ/אַתֶּ֥ם קִרְבוּ הֵ֖נָּה בְּנֵ֣י עֹנְנָ֑ה זֶ֥רַע מְנָאֵ֖ף וַ/תִּזְנֶֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הִקְרַבְתֶּ֨ם
hqrbtm
verb · 283×
הֵ֔נָּה
hnh
adverb · 50×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
זוֹנָ֔ה
zvnh
verb · 92×
מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים
mn'pym
verb · 31×
עוֹנֵ֤ן
'vnn
verb · 11×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 3:10 — In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
  • Deut 23:2 — A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
  • Gen 3:15 — And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
  • Hos 1:2 — The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from
  • Isa 1:21 — How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
  • Isa 45:20 — Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
  • Jas 4:4 — Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
  • Joel 3:9 — Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
  • John 8:40 — But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
  • Luke 3:7 — Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
  • Matt 3:7 — But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
  • Matt 12:34 — O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
  • Matt 12:39 — But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
  • Matt 16:4 — A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
  • Matt 23:33 — Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
  • Matt 23:33 — Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
  • Rev 9:21 — Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
  • Rev 17:1 — And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
  • Rev 17:1 — And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
  • Rev 22:15 — For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.