Isaiah 57:5

Isaiah 57:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
• New International Version (NIV)You burn with lust among the oaks and under every spreading tree; you sacrifice your children in the ravines and under the overhanging crags.
• English Standard Version (ESV)you who burn with lust among the oaks, under every green tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Inflaming yourselves with gods under every green tree, Slaying the children in the valleys, Under the clefts of the rocks?

Context of Isaiah 57:5

3The Lord says, ‘But you magicians, come here! You use magic to learn about future times. You are the family of an adulteress and a prostitute. 4Who do you think you are laughing at? Who are you insulting? Who are you pointing at with your tongue? You are people who have turned against God. You love to tell lies. You worship your idols among the big trees, and you have sex at the same time. You kill your children as sacrifices to your false gods. You do that beside streams and in caves among the rocks. 6You take big stones from the streams, and they become your idols. They are the gods that you love to worship. You pour drink offerings over them. You offer grain to them. Because of what you do, should I not punish you? 7You go up to the tops of high hills, and you lie down there to have sex. You go there to offer sacrifices to your gods.

Isaiah 57:5 word by word

הַנֵּֽחָמִים֙ בָּֽאֵלִ֔ים תַּ֖חַת כָּל־עֵ֣ץ רַעֲנָ֑ן שֹׁחֲטֵ֤י הַיְלָדִים֙ בַּנְּחָלִ֔ים תַּ֖חַת סְעִפֵ֥י הַסְּלָעִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Enflamingחָמַםchâmam · to warmH2552
• yourselves with idolsאֵל'êl · GodH410
• under every greenרַעֲנָןra‛ănân · luxuriantH7488
• treeעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086
• slayingשָׁחַטshâchaţ · to slaughterH7819
• the childrenיֶ֫לֶדyeled · youthH3206
• in the valleysנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: valleyH5158
• under the cliftsסָעִיףsâ‛îyph · cleftH5585
• of the rocksסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · cragH5553

Cross-references for Isaiah 57:5

• Exodus 32:6So the next day, the Israelites got up early. They killed animals as burnt offerings on the altar. They also brought peace offerings. After that, they sat down to eat a meal and they drank wine. Then they had a wild party.
• Numbers 25:1The Israelites were staying in Shittim. The men began to have sex with the women from Moab.
• Jeremiah 50:38There will be no rain on the land so that the rivers and streams become dry. I will send all this trouble because their whole land is full of idols. The people become crazy because they are afraid of their idols.
• Jeremiah 51:7Babylon has been like a gold cup of wine in the Lord's hand. The nations of the world had to drink that wine. It made everyone become drunk, and so they all became crazy.
• Hosea 4:11Instead, they worship other gods. My people cannot think properly because they drink too much old wine and new wine.
• Hosea 7:4None of them serves me faithfully. They are always ready to do bad things, like an oven that has a hot fire inside it. When the baker is ready to bake his bread, he makes the fire even hotter.
• Amos 2:7They are not kind to poor people and they do not help them. A father and his son have sex with the same woman. They do not respect the holy way that I want them to live.
• Revelation 17:1One of the seven angels that had the seven bowls came to me. ‘Come with me,’ he said. ‘I will show you how God will punish the great prostitute. She sits at a place where there are many rivers.
• Revelation 18:3She has been like a prostitute who makes men become drunk. Then she leads them to have sex in a wrong way. She has caused people from every nation to turn away from God. It is like all the kings of the earth have had sex with that bad woman. All the traders of the earth have become rich, because she has bought things from them to enjoy a wicked life.’
• Isaiah 1:29You will become ashamed because you trusted special oak trees to help you. You worshipped idols in your special gardens, and you will be ashamed because of that.
• Deuteronomy 12:2You will chase out the nations who live there. Then you must destroy completely all the places where those people worship their gods. Those places are on the tops of mountains and hills, and under big green trees.
• 1 Kings 14:23They built altars on the hills for themselves. They put up stone pillars and Asherah poles to worship. They did this on every high hill and under every big tree.
• 2 Kings 16:3He lived in the same bad way that the kings of Israel did. He even caused his son to walk through fire. In this way he copied the terrible sins of the other nations in Canaan. Those were the nations that the Lord had chased out so that the Israelites could live there.
• 2 Kings 17:10They put up stone pillars and Asherah poles to worship their gods. They put them on top of all the high hills and under all the big trees.
• Jeremiah 2:20‘A long time ago, you stopped obeying me. You refused to accept my authority. You said, “I will not serve you!” Instead, you go up on the hills to worship other gods. You lie down under the green trees, and you live like prostitutes.
• Jeremiah 3:6The Lord spoke to me while Josiah was king of Judah. He said, ‘Look at what the Israelites have done. They have not been faithful to me. They have worshipped other gods under every big tree and on every high hill. Israel has been like a wife who is not faithful to her husband.

Commentaries on Isaiah 57:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Inflaming yourselves - Burning, that is, with lust. The whole language here is derived from adulterous intercourse. The sense is, that they were greatly addicted to idolatry, and that they used every means to increase and extend the practice of it. The Vulgate, however, renders this, Who console yourselves.‘ The Septuagint renders it, Invoking ( ͂ parakalountes ) idols.‘ But the proper meaning of the Hebrew word חמם châmam is, “to become warm; to be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-12Verses 3-12 The Lord here calls apostates and hypocrites to appear before him. When reproved for their sins, and threatened with judgments, they ridiculed the word of God. The Jews were guilty of idolatry before the captivity; but not after that affliction. Their zeal in the worship of false gods, may shame our indifference in the worship of the true God. The service of sin is disgraceful slavery; those who thus debase themselves to hell, will justly have…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree: People often used groups of trees as places to worship false gods. These tree groves were common sites for pagan worship (see Isaiah 1:29–30). slaughter your children: Some people in Israel practiced the terrible act of child sacrifice. They offered their children to false gods. This happened at certain times in Israel’s history (see Psalm 106:37–38).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Enflaming yourselves--burning with lust towards idols [Gesenius]; or else (compare Margin), in the terebinth groves, which the Hebrew and the parallelism favor (see on Is 1:29) [Maurer]. under ... tree--(2Ki 17:10). The tree, as in the Assyrian sculptures, was probably made an idolatrous symbol of the heavenly hosts. slaying ... children--as a sacrifice to Molech, &c. (2Ki 17:31; 2Ch 28:3; 33:6). in ... valleys--the valley of the son of Hinnom. Fire…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 57:5

• Idolatry
• Infidelity
• Molech
• Offerings

In the dictionaries

• Bed
• Dirt
• Eternity
• Inhabit
• Lofty
• Oak
• Cleft; Cliff; Clift
• Color; Colors
• Inflame; Enflame
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Isaiah 57

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings