Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"Sons of the sorceress"
Text: Isaiah 57:3
THE WICKED ONES
The wicked care nothing about the righteous. They think that they are above judgment and thus they mistreat people.
“But come here,
You sons of the sorceress,
You offspring of the adulterer and the harlot!
Whom do you ridicule?
Against whom do you make a wide mouth
And stick out the tongue?
Are you not children of transgression,
Offspring of falsehood.”
Isaiah 57:3-4
1. Identification of the wicked:
a) Sons of sorcerers.
b) Offspring of immoral people.
2. They are further described.
a) Children of transgression.
b) Offspring of falsehood.
3. Understanding of the use of the word “offspring”.
a) Their parents are sinful.
b) The children follow their sinful ways.
c) They are also into:
i) Sorcery
ii) Harlotry
iii) Transgressions
d) They are possibly worse than their forebears.
4. Their wicked activities:
a) They ridicule the righteous.
b) They are rude (sticking out their tongues).
c) They behave badly, confirming that they are indeed children brought up with transgression.