Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
"Remembrance," that is, memorials of thy idolatry: the objects which thou holdest in remembrance. They hung up household tutelary gods "behind the doors"; the very place where God has directed them to write His laws "on the posts and gates" (Deuteronomy 6:9; Deuteronomy 11:20); a curse, too, was pronounced on putting up an image "in a secret place" (Deuteronomy 27:15).
discovered thyself—image from an adulteress.
enlarged . . . bed—so as to receive the more paramours.
made . . . covenant—with idols: in open violation of thy "covenant" with God (Exodus 19:5; Exodus 23:32). Or, "hast made assignations with them for thyself" [HORSLEY].
thy bed . . . their bed—The Jews' sin was twofold; they resorted to places of idolatry ("their bed"), and they received idols into the temple of God ("thy bed").
where—rather, "ever since that" [HORSLEY]. The Hebrew for "where" means "room" (Margin), a place; therefore, translate, "thou hast provided a place for it" (for "their bed"), namely, by admitting idolatrous altars in thy land [BARNES]; or "thou choosest a (convenient) place for thyself" in their bed [MAURER] (Isaiah 56:5).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 57:8:
2 Kings 23:8-9
Ezekiel 16:15
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