[a]Peace shall come: they shall rest in their beds, everyone that walketh before him.

But you [b]witches’ children, come hither, the seed of the adulterer and of the whore.

On whom have ye jested? upon whom have ye gaped and thrust out your tongue? are not ye rebellious children, and a false seed?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:2 The soul of the righteous shall be in joy, and their body shall rest in the grave unto the time of the resurrection, because they walked before the Lord.
  2. Isaiah 57:3 He threateneth the wicked hypocrites, who under the pretence of the name of God’s people, derided God’s word and his promises: boasting openly that they were the children of Abraham, but because they were not faithful and obedient as Abraham was, he calleth them bastards, and the children of sorcerers, which forsook God, and fled to wicked means for succor.

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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