New American Standard Bible 2020
Isaiah 57:4-11
4Of whom do you make fun? 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 2oaks, 3Under every luxuriant tree, Who 4slaughter the children in the 5ravines, Under the clefts of the rocks?6Among the 67smooth stones of the 8ravine Is your portion, 9they are your lot; Even to them you have 10poured out a drink offering, You have made a grain offering. Should I 1112relent of these things?7On a 13high and lofty mountain You have 14made 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 15uncovered yourself, And have gone up and made your bed wide. And you have made an agreement for yourself with them, You have loved their bed, You have looked at their 16manhood.9You have journeyed to the king with oil And increased your perfumes; You have 17sent your messengers a great distance And made them go down to 18Sheol.10You were tired out by the length of your road, Yet you did not say, ‘19It is hopeless!’ You found 20renewed strength, Therefore you did not 21faint.
11“Of 22whom were you worried and fearful When you lied, and did 23not remember Me 24Nor 25give 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 Is 1:29 ↩
- 3. Isaiah 57:5 2 Kin 16:4; Jer 2:20; 3:13 ↩
- 4. Isaiah 57:5 2 Kin 23:10; Ps 106:37, 38; Jer 7:31 ↩
- 5. Isaiah 57:5 Or wadis ↩
- 6. Isaiah 57:6 I.e., symbols of fertility gods ↩
- 7. Isaiah 57:6 Jer 3:9; Hab 2:19 ↩
- 8. Isaiah 57:6 Or wadi ↩
- 9. Isaiah 57:6 Lit they, they ↩
- 10. Isaiah 57:6 Jer 7:18 ↩
- 11. Isaiah 57:6 Or repent ↩
- 12. Isaiah 57:6 Jer 5:9, 29; 9:9 ↩
- 13. Isaiah 57:7 Jer 3:6; Ezek 16:16 ↩
- 14. Isaiah 57:7 Ezek 23:41 ↩
- 15. Isaiah 57:8 Ezek 23:18 ↩
- 16. Isaiah 57:8 Lit hand ↩
- 17. Isaiah 57:9 Ezek 23:16, 40 ↩
- 18. Isaiah 57:9 I.e., the netherworld ↩
- 19. Isaiah 57:10 Jer 2:25; 18:12 ↩
- 20. Isaiah 57:10 Lit the life of your hand ↩
- 21. Isaiah 57:10 Or become sick ↩
- 22. Isaiah 57:11 Prov 29:25; Is 51:12, 13 ↩
- 23. Isaiah 57:11 Jer 2:32; 3:21 ↩
- 24. Isaiah 57:11 Lit You did not set it upon your heart ↩
- 25. 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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