Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 57:3

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Isaiah 57:3

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Isaiah 57:3

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot." — Isaiah 57:3 (ASV)

Ye sons of the sorceress. —The words may be purely figurative, meaning those who practice sorcery, but it is also possible that they may refer to the female soothsayers, such as are described in Ezekiel 13:17-23.

The adulterer. —Here again the epithet may have had both a figurative and a literal application (Matthew 16:4; James 4:4).