Isaiah 57:2-4

International Standard Version

²Then^[a] he enters into peace,
and^[b] they’ll rest on his^[c] couches,
each one living righteously.^[d]

³“But as for you, come here,
    you children of a sorceress,
        you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!^[e]
⁴Whom are you mocking?
    And^[f] against whom do you make a wide mouth
        and stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of transgression,
    the offspring of lies,

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Isaiah 57:2 Or and; so 1QIsa^a; MT LXX lack Then
Isaiah 57:2 So 1QIsa^a; MT lacks and
Isaiah 57:2 So 1QIsa^a; 1QIsa^b MT read their
Isaiah 57:2 Lit. one walking in his uprightness; so 1QIsa^a 1QIsa^b; MT reads her uprightness
Isaiah 57:3 So LXX (cf. Syriac); 1QIsa^a MT read she has practiced prostitution
Isaiah 57:4 So 1QIsa^a LXX; 1QIsa^b MT lack And

Isaiah 57:2-4

New International Version

²Those who walk uprightly^(A)
enter into peace;
they find rest^(B) as they lie in death.

³“But you—come here, you children of a sorceress,^(C)
    you offspring of adulterers^(D) and prostitutes!^(E)
⁴Who 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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