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He will enter into peace.
They will rest on their beds.
He is walking in his uprightness.[a]

The Coming Judgment Against Israel’s Leaders

But you there, come closer,
you children of a witch,
you offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.
Who are you mocking?[b]
Who are you making faces at and sticking out your tongue at?
Aren’t you all children born in rebellion,
the offspring of deceit,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:2 The alternation of singular and plural forms (he and they) in verses 1 and 2 is not unusual in Hebrew poetry. It does not necessarily refer to two different groups.
  2. Isaiah 57:4 EHV generally preserves the distinction between who and whom but recognizes that it is rapidly disappearing in speech.