New American Standard Bible 1995
Isaiah 57:4-11
4Against whom do you jest? Against whom do you open wide your mouth And stick out your tongue? Are you not children of 1rebellion, Offspring of deceit,5Who inflame yourselves among the 23oaks, 4Under every luxuriant tree, Who 5slaughter the children in the 6ravines, Under the clefts of the crags?6Among the 78smooth stones of the 9ravine Is your portion, 10they are your lot; Even to them you have 11poured out a drink offering, You have made a grain offering. Shall I 1213relent concerning these things?7Upon a 14high and lofty mountain You have 15made your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.8Behind the door and the doorpost You have set up your sign; Indeed, far removed from Me, you have 16uncovered yourself, And have gone up and made your bed wide. And you have made an agreement for yourself with them, You have loved their 17bed, You have looked on their 18manhood.9You have journeyed to the king with oil And increased your perfumes; You have 19sent your envoys a great distance And made them go down to 20Sheol.10You were tired out by the length of your road, Yet you did not say, ‘21It is hopeless.’ You found 22renewed strength, Therefore you did not 23faint.
11“Of 24whom were you worried and fearful When you lied, and did 25not remember Me 26Nor 27give Me a thought? Was I not silent even for a long time So you do not fear Me?
Notes
- 1. Isaiah 57:4 Is 48:8 ↩
- 2. Isaiah 57:5 Or terebinths ↩
- 3. Isaiah 57:5 Is 1:29 ↩
- 4. Isaiah 57:5 2 Kin 16:4; Jer 2:20; 3:13 ↩
- 5. Isaiah 57:5 2 Kin 23:10; Ps 106:37, 38; Jer 7:31 ↩
- 6. Isaiah 57:5 Or wadis ↩
- 7. Isaiah 57:6 I.e. symbols of fertility gods ↩
- 8. Isaiah 57:6 Jer 3:9; Hab 2:19 ↩
- 9. Isaiah 57:6 Or wadi ↩
- 10. Isaiah 57:6 Lit they, they ↩
- 11. Isaiah 57:6 Jer 7:18 ↩
- 12. Isaiah 57:6 Or repent ↩
- 13. Isaiah 57:6 Jer 5:9, 29; 9:9 ↩
- 14. Isaiah 57:7 Jer 3:6; Ezek 16:16 ↩
- 15. Isaiah 57:7 Ezek 23:41 ↩
- 16. Isaiah 57:8 Ezek 23:18 ↩
- 17. Isaiah 57:8 Or lying down ↩
- 18. Isaiah 57:8 Lit hand ↩
- 19. Isaiah 57:9 Ezek 23:16, 40 ↩
- 20. Isaiah 57:9 I.e. the nether world ↩
- 21. Isaiah 57:10 Jer 2:25; 18:12 ↩
- 22. Isaiah 57:10 Lit the life of your hand ↩
- 23. Isaiah 57:10 Or become sick ↩
- 24. Isaiah 57:11 Prov 29:25; Is 51:12, 13 ↩
- 25. Isaiah 57:11 Jer 2:32; 3:21 ↩
- 26. Isaiah 57:11 Lit You did not set it upon your heart ↩
- 27. Isaiah 57:11 Ps 50:21; Is 42:14 ↩
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
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