Therefore. Or, For.
replenished: or, full of divinations.
from the east. Especially diviners and mediums from an evil spirit (an ob). Compare Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6; Deuteronomy 18:11; 1 Samuel 28:3-7. and below, Isaiah 8:9; Isaiah 19:3; Isaiah 29:4, where ob occurs.
soothsayers. Reference to Pentateuch Leviticus 19:26 (observe times). Deuteronomy 18:10; Deuteronomy 18:14 (observers of times). Same word in all four cases. Hebrew. 'anan. Occurs only here in the "former" portion, and only in Isaiah 57:3 (sorceress) in the "latter" portion.
please themselves. join hands with.
children. young children.
strangers. Hebrew. nakar. unknown persons; hence, foreigners.