Isaiah 57:5

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

Related Commentaries of 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...
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...
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...
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...
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 i...
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...
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 yourselv...
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.. re...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Enflaming ] The word describes the excitement attending the orgies which accompanied the celebration of heathen rites: cp. 1 Kings 18:26 ; 1 Kings...
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 f...
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, a...
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 fall...
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 yield...
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 de...
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 Papist...
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 yours...
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, a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Charge against the People. B. C. 706. ...
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 ; ferve...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jehovah Rejects all Idolaters
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, burning with lust toward their idolatrous images in the terebinth groves, slaying the childr...
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 ;...
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 Hinn...

⁵ Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 57:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 57:5