Isaiah 57:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And thou wentest to the king - Margin, ‘Respectedst.’ Jerome renders this, ‘Thou hast adorned thyself with royal ointment, and hast multiplied thy painting; and evidently understands it as a cont...
Isaiah 57:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And thou wentest (k) to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase [thyself even] to hell. (k) You sought the favour of the Assy...
Isaiah 57:9 - 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 57:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the king. Or, the idol, as in Isaiah 30:33 ; 1 Kings 11:7 . hell. Hebrew. Sheol. App-35.
Isaiah 57:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. And thou wentest to the king with ointment. Here the Prophet censures another vice closely allied to the former; for ungodliness begets various errors, and leads into grievous and intrica...
Isaiah 57:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. And thou wentest to the king with ointme...
Isaiah 57:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And thou wentest to the king with ointment— According to the interpretation which we have heretofore given, the king of mystical Babylon, or the Pope, must be meant, to whom the particulars in this...
Isaiah 57:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. And thou wentest to the king - the...
Isaiah 57:9 - 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 57:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thou wentest to the king... — The alteration of a single letter would give to Molech; and this may be the meaning even of the text as it stands. Looking to the Manasseh-surroundings of the passag...
Isaiah 57:9 - 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 57:9 - 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 57:9 - 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 57:9 - 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 57:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And thou wentest to the king with ointment ,.... To the kings of the earth, the singular for the plural, with whom the whore of Rome has committed fornication or idolatry, in allusion to harlots, wh...
Isaiah 57:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 9. And thou wentest to the king....
Isaiah 57:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou wentest to the king , &c. That is, the king of Assyria or Egypt, to whom the Israelites were very prone to seek, and trust, and send presents. Hosea reproaches the Israelites for the same p...
Isaiah 57:9 - 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 57:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou wentest, either by thyself, or by thy messengers, as it follows. Or, thou didst look , to wit, earnestly, with expectation and vehement affection. To the king; either to Moloch, which was a...
Isaiah 57:9 - 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 57:9 - Scofield Reference Notes

hell Hebrew, "Sheol," ( See Scofield) - ( Habakkuk 2:5 ).
Isaiah 57:9 - 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 57:9 - 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 57:9 - 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 57:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jehovah Rejects all Idolaters
Isaiah 57:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 16:7-11 ; Colossians 2:18 ; Ezekiel 16:33 ; Ezekiel 23:16 ; Hosea 12:1 ; Hosea 7:11 ; Isaiah 2:9 ; Isaiah 30:1-6 ; Isaiah 31:1-3 ; Proverbs 7:17
Isaiah 57:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The King — The king of Assyria, called the king by way of eminency, to whom the Israelites in the days of Isaiah were very prone to trust, and send presents. And so the prophet passes from their id...

Isaiah 57:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 57:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 57:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 57:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 57:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 57:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 57:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 57:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 57:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 57:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 57:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 57:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 57:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 57:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 57:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 57:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 57:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 57:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 57:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 57:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 57:9 - Scofield Reference Notes

Isaiah 57:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 57:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 57:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 57:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 57:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 57:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes