He will enter into peace—
they will rest on their beds[a]
everyone who lives uprightly.

Pagan Religion Denounced

But come here,
you witch’s sons,
offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute![b]
Who are you mocking?
Who are you opening your mouth
and sticking out your tongue at?
Isn’t it you, you rebellious children,(A)
you offspring of liars,

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Footnotes

  1. 57:2 Either their deathbeds or their graves
  2. 57:3 Lit and she acted as a prostitute

Those who walk uprightly(A)
    enter into peace;
    they find rest(B) as they lie in death.

“But you—come here, you children of a sorceress,(C)
    you offspring of adulterers(D) and prostitutes!(E)
Who are you mocking?
    At whom do you sneer
    and stick out your tongue?
Are you not a brood of rebels,(F)
    the offspring of liars?

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