Isaiah 57
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Isaiah 57:3-9

3“But comeH7126 hereH2008, you sonsH1121 of a 1sorceressH6049, 2OffspringH2233 of an adultererH5003 and 3a 4prostituteH2181.4AgainstH5921 whomH4310 do you jestH6026? AgainstH5921 whomH4310 do you openH7337 wideH7337 your mouthH6310 And stickH748 out your tongueH3956? Are you not childrenH3206 of 5rebellionH6588, OffspringH2233 of deceitH8267,5Who inflameH2552 yourselves among the 67oaksH352, 8UnderH8478 everyH3605 luxuriantH7488 treeH6086, Who 9slaughterH7819 the childrenH3206 in the 10ravinesH5158, UnderH8478 the cleftsH5585 of the cragsH5553?6Among the 1112smoothH2509 stones of the 13ravineH5158 Is your portionH2506, 14they are your lotH1486; EvenH1571 to them you have 15pouredH8210 out a drinkH5262 offeringH5262, You have madeH5927 a grain offeringH4503. Shall I 1617relentH5162 concerningH5921 theseH428 thingsH428?7Upon a 18highH1364 and loftyH5375 mountainH2022 You have 19madeH7760 your bedH4904. You alsoH1571 wentH5927 up thereH8033 to offerH2076 sacrificeH2077.8BehindH310 the doorH1817 and the doorpostH4201 You have setH7760 up your signH2146; IndeedH3588, far removedH4480 from Me, you have 20uncoveredH1540 yourself, And have goneH5927 up and madeH7337 your bedH4904 wideH7337. And you have madeH3772 an agreement for yourself with them, You have lovedH157 their 21bedH4904, You have lookedH2372 on their 22manhoodH3027.9You have journeyedH7788 to the kingH4428 with oilH8081 And increasedH7235 your perfumesH7547; You have 23sentH7971 your envoysH6735 a great distanceH7350 And made them goH8213 downH8213 to 24SheolH7585.

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 57:3 Mal 3:5 ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 57:3 Is 1:4; Matt 16:4 ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 57:3 So ancient versions; Heb she prostitutes herself ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 57:3 Is 1:21; 57:7-9 ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 57:4 Is 48:8 ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 57:5 Or terebinths ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 57:5 Is 1:29 ↩
  8. 8. Isaiah 57:5 2 Kin 16:4; Jer 2:20; 3:13 ↩
  9. 9. Isaiah 57:5 2 Kin 23:10; Ps 106:37, 38; Jer 7:31 ↩
  10. 10. Isaiah 57:5 Or wadis ↩
  11. 11. Isaiah 57:6 I.e. symbols of fertility gods ↩
  12. 12. Isaiah 57:6 Jer 3:9; Hab 2:19 ↩
  13. 13. Isaiah 57:6 Or wadi ↩
  14. 14. Isaiah 57:6 Lit they, they ↩
  15. 15. Isaiah 57:6 Jer 7:18 ↩
  16. 16. Isaiah 57:6 Or repent ↩
  17. 17. Isaiah 57:6 Jer 5:9, 29; 9:9 ↩
  18. 18. Isaiah 57:7 Jer 3:6; Ezek 16:16 ↩
  19. 19. Isaiah 57:7 Ezek 23:41 ↩
  20. 20. Isaiah 57:8 Ezek 23:18 ↩
  21. 21. Isaiah 57:8 Or lying down ↩
  22. 22. Isaiah 57:8 Lit hand ↩
  23. 23. Isaiah 57:9 Ezek 23:16, 40 ↩
  24. 24. Isaiah 57:9 I.e. the nether world ↩

Commentaries on Isaiah 57

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