Isaiah 57:5

Isaiah 57:5

3 “But come here,
^aYou sons of the sorceress,
You offspring of the adulterer and the harlot!

4 Whom do you ridicule?
Against whom do you make a wide mouth
And stick out the tongue?
Are you not children of transgression,
Offspring of falsehood,

5 Inflaming yourselves with gods ^aunder every green tree,
^bSlaying the children in the valleys,
Under the clefts of the rocks?

6 Among the smooth ^astones of the stream
Is your portion;
They, they, are your lot!
Even to them you have poured a drink offering,
You have offered a grain offering.
Should I receive comfort in ^bthese?

7 “On^a a lofty and high mountain
You have set ^byour bed;
Even there you went up
To offer sacrifice.

8 Also behind the doors and¹ their posts
You have set up your remembrance;
For you have uncovered yourself to those other than Me,
And have gone up to them;
You have enlarged your bed
And made a covenant with them;
^aYou have loved their bed,
Where you saw their¹ nudity.

9 ^aYou went to the king with ointment,
And increased your perfumes;
You sent your ^bmessengers far off,
And even descended to Sheol.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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Enflaming - Lusting after them, and mad upon them. Slaying - In way of sacrifice to their idols. Valleys - He seems to allude to the valley of Hinnom in which these cruelties were practised. Clifts - Which they chuse either for shade, or for those dark vaults, in rocks, which were convenient for idolatrous uses.

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