Isaiah 57:4
Whom do you mock? Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out your tongue? Aren’t you children of disobedience and offspring of falsehood,This verse in the real world
In what words
- עָנַגʻânagto be soft or pliable, i.e. (figuratively) effeminate or luxurious
- רָחַבrâchabto broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
- אָרַךְʼârakto be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
- יֶלֶדyeledsomething born, i.e. a lad or offspring
- פֶּשַׁעpeshaʻa revolt (national, moral or religious)
- לָשׁוֹןlâshôwnthe tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or s
- זֶרַעzeraʻseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- פֶּהpehthe mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech);
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
2Pe 2:13, Exo 9:17, Isa 1:4, Psa 35:21, Lam 2:15–16, Job 16:9–10, Jdg 16:25–27, Psa 22:17