Isaiah 57:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? ”

Isaiah 57:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Inflaming yourselves - Burning, that is, with lust. The whole language here is derived from adulterous intercourse. The sense is, that they were greatly addicted to idolatry, and that they used e...
Isaiah 57:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the (d) children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks? (d) Read ( Leviticus 18:21 ; 2 Kings 23:10 ).
Isaiah 57:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

An Invective against the Pro-Samaritans. Yahweh turns now bitterly to upbraid the pro-Samaritan party in the community, among whom flourished many of the primitive Palestinian religious practices....
Isaiah 57:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

with idols . with the sacred trees: i.e. the Asherahs. See App-42. slaying the children. Reference to Pentateuch ( Leviticus 18:21 ); to Molech ( 1 Kings 11:7 ; 2 Kings 17:16 ; 2 Kings 17:17...
Isaiah 57:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Inflaming yourselves. Others render it, “Taking delight” or “consolation;” but the Prophet makes use of a metaphor which is often found in Scripture, and which is exceedingly adapted to t...
Isaiah 57:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
Isaiah 57:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Slaying the children, &c.— It is generally agreed, that the prophet in these words alludes to some detestable superstitious rite made use of in his times in the worship of idols, which some ref...
Isaiah 57:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? Enflaming yourselves with idols - burning with lust toward idols (Ge...
Isaiah 57:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2. The peace of the grave is better than the condition of unrest under their rulers ( Isaiah 57:1 ). Shall enter.. shall rest] RV 'entereth.. rest.' 3, 5. Sons , etc.] i.e. descendants, perpet...
Isaiah 57:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Enflaming yourselves. — The best illustration of the phrase is found in the real or supposed derivation of “fanatic” as meaning one who is circa fana calefactus. No word could better describe the...
Isaiah 57:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXIII THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE Isaiah 56:9-12 ; Isaiah 57:1-21 ; Isaiah 58:1-14 ; Isaiah 59:1-21 IT was inevitable, as soon as their city was again fairly in sight, th...
Isaiah 57:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

No Peace to the Wicked Isaiah 57:1-21 A terrible portrayal is given here of the idolatries and impurities into which the Chosen People had fallen. These scenes under “the oaks” (r.v.) and in th...
Isaiah 57:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Because of the failure of these blind watchmen and drunken leaders, righteous men perish, while none lay it to heart. Moreover, the people have yielded to the evil influences of such leaders; "sons o...
Isaiah 57:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a change is here! Oh! the awfulness of an unawakened, unregenerated nature! What a sad thought is it, that from generation to generation, the deadly seeds of sin thus bring forth, and blossom, a...
Isaiah 57:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree ,.... Or, "inflamed with or among oaks" h; with images made of oaken wood, such as the Papists worship, Revelation 9:20 expressing a burning...
Isaiah 57:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? Ver. 5. Inflaming yourselves with idols. ] That it might appear that ther...
Isaiah 57:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Inflaming yourselves with idols Hebrew, הנחמים, being inflamed , or growing hot, after idols , as Dr. Waterland renders it. Lusting after them, and mad upon them , as the phrase is, Jeremiah 50...
Isaiah 57:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Charge against the People. B. C. 706. 3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorcere...
Isaiah 57:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Inflaming yourselves with idols, Heb. Being inflamed , &c.; lusting after them, and mad upon them, as the phrase is, Jeremiah 50:38 ; fervent both in making and in worshipping of them, as w...
Isaiah 57:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Present Behaviour of the Godless; The People Become Like the Leaders That They Support ( Isaiah 57:3-14 ). There now follows a description of the backsliding of the people into idolatry and th...
Isaiah 57:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

A lament for the death of the righteous many of them put to death by persecution. Isaiah 57:1-2 . The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none cons...
Isaiah 57:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 57:1 . The righteous perisheth. This was written as a tribute, it would seem, to the memory of king Hezekiah, who was recently called from an earthly to a heavenly crown. He entered into pe...
Isaiah 57:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 57:1 , Isaiah 57:2 THE EARLY DEATH OF RIGHTEOUS MEN ACCOUNTED FOR . The Hebrews were given to expect that long life should, as a general rule, accompan...
Isaiah 57:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jehovah Rejects all Idolaters
Isaiah 57:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 14:23 ; 2 Chronicles 28:3 ; 2 Kings 16:3 ; 2 Kings 16:4 ; 2 Kings 17:10 ; 2 Kings 23:10 ; Amos 2:7 ; Amos 2:8 ; Deuteronomy 12:2 ; Exodus 32:6 ; Ezekiel 16:20 ; Ezekiel 20:26 ; E...
Isaiah 57:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

Isaiah 57:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 57:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 57:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 57:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 57:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 57:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 57:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 57:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 57:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 57:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 57:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 57:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 57:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 57:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 57:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 57:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 57:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 57:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 57:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 57:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 57:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 57:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 57:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 57:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 57:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 57:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes