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Isaiah 57:9 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 57 · verse 9
And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.Isaiah 57:9 · King James Version
Isaiah 57:9 in context
7Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
8Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
9And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
10Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
11And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- messengerstsîyra hingeH6735 →
- ointmentshemengrease, especially liquidH8081 →
- increaserâbâhto increaseH7235 →
- perfumesraqquacha scented substanceH7547 →
- wentestshûwrproperly, to turnH7788 →
- debaseshâphêlto depress or sinkH8213 →
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We have here a high charge, but a just one no doubt, drawn up against that wicked generation out of which God's righteous ones were removed, because the world was not worthy of them. Observe, I. The general character here given of them, or the name and title by which they stand indicted, Isa 57:3.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-12