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.] The King of Assyria, who styled himself the Great King, to whom Ahaz both sent and went. 2 Kings 16:8 ; 2Ki 16:10
With ointment.] Heb., With oil - that is, with balsam, such as Judea only afforded, and was therefore highly esteemed in other countries.
And didst debase thyself even unto hell.] By crouching and cringing to those foreign states in a most submissive and servile way, as Ahaz had done with his, "I am thy servant and thy son," 2Ki 16:7 to the dishonour of God, and to the reproach of Israel, who was God's "firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth." Psa 89:27