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Isaiah 57

Isa. 57:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Against whom do ye sport
`anag (Hebrew #6026)
to be soft or pliable, i.e. (figuratively) effeminate or luxurious
KJV usage: delicate(-ness), (have) delight (self), sport self.
Pronounce: aw-nag'
Origin: a primitive root
yourselves? against whom make ye a wide
rachab (Hebrew #7337)
to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be an en-(make) large(-ing), make room, make (open) wide.
Pronounce: raw-khab'
Origin: a primitive root
mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
, and draw out
'arak (Hebrew #748)
to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-)long, + (out-, over-)live, tarry (long).
Pronounce: aw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
the tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
? are ye not children
yeled (Hebrew #3206)
something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
KJV usage: boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).
Pronounce: yeh'-led
Origin: from 3205
of transgression
pesha` (Hebrew #6588)
a revolt (national, moral or religious)
KJV usage: rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
Pronounce: peh'-shah
Origin: from 6586
, a seed
zera` (Hebrew #2233)
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
KJV usage: X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing- time.
Pronounce: zeh'-rah
Origin: from 2232
of falsehood
sheqer (Hebrew #8267)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Pronounce: sheh'-ker
Origin: from 8266
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Isa. 10:15• 15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up [him that is] not wood. (Isa. 10:15)
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Isa. 37:23,29• 23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.
29Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.
(Isa. 37:23,29)
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Ex. 9:17• 17Dost thou still exalt thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? (Ex. 9:17)
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Ex. 16:7‑8• 7and in the morning, then shall ye see the glory of Jehovah; for he has heard your murmurings against Jehovah; —and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
8And Moses said, When Jehovah gives you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for Jehovah hears your murmurings which ye murmur against him...and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah.
(Ex. 16:7‑8)
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Num. 16:11• 11For which cause thou and all thy band are banded together against Jehovah; and Aaron, who is he that ye murmur against him? (Num. 16:11)
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Luke 10:16• 16He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you rejects me; and he that rejects me rejects him that sent me. (Luke 10:16)
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Acts 9:4• 4and falling upon the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? (Acts 9:4)
sport.
Judg. 16:25‑27• 25And it came to pass when their hearts were merry that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
26And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
27Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while, Samson made sport.
(Judg. 16:25‑27)
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Psa. 69:12• 12Those that sit at the gate talk of me,{HR}And [I am] songs to drinkers of strong drink. (Psa. 69:12)
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Matt. 27:29,39‑44• 29and having woven a crown out of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and, bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
39But the passers-by reviled him, shaking their heads
40and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art Son of God, descend from the cross.
41[And] in like manner the chief priests also, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,
42He saved others, himself he cannot save. He is King of Israel: let him descend now from the cross, and we will believe on him.
43He trusted upon God; let him save him now if he will [have] him. For he said, I am Son of God.
44And the robbers also who had been crucified with him cast the same reproaches on him.
(Matt. 27:29,39‑44)
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2 Peter 2:13• 13receiving as they shall wages of unrighteousness, accounting [their] ephemeral luxury pleasure; spots and blemishes, luxuriating in their love feasts, feasting with you; (2 Peter 2:13)
make.
draw.
are ye.
Isa. 1:4• 4Ah! sinful nation; a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children corrupting themselves. They have forsaken Jehovah; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they are estranged backward. (Isa. 1:4)
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Isa. 30:1,9• 1Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, 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;
9For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children [that] will not hear the law of Jehovah;
(Isa. 30:1,9)
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Ezek. 2:4• 4And the children are hard of face and stiff of heart. I send thee to them, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 2:4)
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Hos. 10:9• 9O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them. (Hos. 10:9)
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Matt. 13:38• 38and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil [one]; (Matt. 13:38)
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Eph. 2:2‑3• 2in which ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;
3among whom we all also had our conversation once in the lusts of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were children, by nature, of wrath even as the rest;
(Eph. 2:2‑3)
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Eph. 5:6• 6Let no one deceive you by vain words; for on account of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience. (Eph. 5:6)
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Col. 3:6• 6on account of which things cometh the wrath of God [upon the sons of disobedience]: (Col. 3:6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom do ye make a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

W. Kelly Translation

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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,