Isaiah 57:7
5 who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
6 Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?
On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.
8 Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.
9 You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.
- KJV
- Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
- WEB
- On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.
- ASV
- Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
- DARBY
- Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither didst thou go up to offer sacrifice.
- BLB
- Upon a mountain high and lifted up you have set your bed; also you went up there to offer sacrifice.
- ÅB
- På høye, mektige fjell redet du ditt leie; også der steg du opp for å ofre slaktoffer.
- OTB
- Du har satt opp ditt hvilested på en høy og opphøyd høyde; der steg du opp for å bære fram dine ofre.
- B1930
- På høie, mektige fjell redet du ditt leie; også der steg du op for å ofre slaktoffer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 16:16
You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!
Read in contextEzekiel 23:41
You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,
Read in contextJeremiah 2:20
“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:25
At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:6
Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
Read in contextEzekiel 20:28–29
When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.
Read in contextJeremiah 3:2
“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
Read in contextEzekiel 23:17
Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. But after she had been defiled by them, she turned away in disgust.
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