Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill; there you went up to offer your sacrifices. New Living Translation You have committed adultery on every high mountain. There you have worshiped idols and have been unfaithful to me. English Standard Version On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifice. Berean Standard Bible On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices. King James Bible Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. New King James Version “On a lofty and high mountain You have set your bed; Even there you went up To offer sacrifice. New American Standard Bible “On a high and lofty mountain You have made your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice. NASB 1995 “Upon a high and lofty mountain You have made your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice. NASB 1977 “Upon a high and lofty mountain You have made your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice. Legacy Standard Bible Upon a mountain lofty and lifted up You have made your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice. Amplified Bible “Upon a high and lofty mountain You have [openly and shamelessly] made your [idolatrous and adulterous] bed; Even there you went up to offer sacrifice [to idols, in spiritual unfaithfulness to Me]. Christian Standard Bible You have placed your bed on a high and lofty mountain; you also went up there to offer sacrifice. Holman Christian Standard Bible You have placed your bed on a high and lofty mountain; you also went up there to offer sacrifice. American Standard Version Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. Contemporary English Version You have spread out your beds on the tops of high mountains, where you sacrifice to idols. English Revised Version Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed: thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. GOD'S WORD® Translation You've made your bed on a high and lofty mountain. You've gone to offer sacrifices there. Good News Translation You go to the high mountains to offer sacrifices and have sex. International Standard Version "You have made your bed on a high and lofty mountain, and you went up to offer sacrifice there. Majority Standard Bible On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices. NET Bible On every high, elevated hill you prepare your bed; you go up there to offer sacrifices. New Heart English Bible On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed; there also you went up to offer sacrifice. Webster's Bible Translation Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither thou wentest up to offer sacrifice. World English Bible On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionOn a mountain, high and exalted, "" You have set your bed, "" You have also gone up there to make a sacrifice. Young's Literal Translation On a mountain, high and exalted, Thou hast set thy couch, Also thither thou hast gone up to make a sacrifice. Smith's Literal Translation Upon a mountain high and lifted up thou didst set thy bed: also there thou wentest up to sacrifice a sacrifice. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleUpon a high and lofty mountain thou hast laid thy bed, and hast gone up thither to offer victims. Catholic Public Domain Version Upon a high and lofty mountain, you have placed your bed, and you have ascended to that place to immolate victims. New American Bible Upon a towering and lofty mountain you set up your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifice. New Revised Standard Version Upon a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifice. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleUpon high and lofty mountains you have set your bed; even thither you went up to offer sacrifices. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated On high and exalted mountains you have made your bed, also there you went up to sacrifice sacrifices OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Upon a high and lofty mountain Hast thou set thy bed; Thither also wentest thou up To offer sacrifice. Brenton Septuagint Translation On a lofty and high mountain, there is thy bed, and thither thou carriedst up thy meat-offerings: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Condemns Idolatry…6Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these? 7On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices. 8Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.… Cross References Jeremiah 2:20 “For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute. Ezekiel 16:24-25 you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square. / At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by. Hosea 4:13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. 1 Kings 14:23 They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. 2 Kings 16:4 And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree. 2 Kings 17:10 They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. Jeremiah 3:6 Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there. Ezekiel 20:28 When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings. Deuteronomy 12:2 Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree. 2 Chronicles 28:4 And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree. Psalm 78:58 They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols. Jeremiah 3:13 Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD. Ezekiel 6:13 Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols. Hosea 8:11 Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning. 1 Corinthians 10:20-21 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too. Treasury of Scripture On a lofty and high mountain have you set your bed: even thither went you up to offer sacrifice. Jeremiah 2:20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. Jeremiah 3:2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. Ezekiel 16:16,25 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so… Jump to Previous Bed Exalted High Hill Lofty Mountain Offer Offering Sacrifice Sacrifices Thither WentestJump to Next Bed Exalted High Hill Lofty Mountain Offer Offering Sacrifice Sacrifices Thither WentestIsaiah 57 1. The blessed death of the righteous3. God reproves the People for their idolatry 13. He gives promises of mercy to the penitent On a high and lofty hill The phrase "On a high and lofty hill" in Isaiah 57:7 immediately draws attention to the physical and spiritual elevation that is often associated with places of worship or significant religious activity. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, high places were frequently chosen for altars and temples, as they were thought to be closer to the divine realm. The Hebrew word for "high" is "gābah," which can also imply pride or arrogance. This suggests that the people of Israel were not only physically elevating their places of worship but also elevating themselves in pride, turning away from the humility required by true worship of Yahweh. Historically, these high places were often sites of idolatrous worship, which God repeatedly condemned through His prophets. you have made your bed and there you went up to offer sacrifices Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Onעַ֤ל (‘al) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against a high גָּבֹ֙הַּ֙ (gā·ḇō·ah) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 1364: Elevated, powerful, arrogant and lofty וְנִשָּׂ֔א (wə·niś·śā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take hill הַר־ (har-) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country you have made שַׂ֖מְתְּ (śamt) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set your bed, מִשְׁכָּבֵ֑ךְ (miš·kā·ḇêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 4904: Place of lying, a couch, act of lying and גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and there שָׁ֥ם (šām) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither you went up עָלִ֖ית (‘ā·lîṯ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively to offer לִזְבֹּ֥חַ (liz·bō·aḥ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice sacrifices. זָֽבַח׃ (zā·ḇaḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2077: A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice Links Isaiah 57:7 NIVIsaiah 57:7 NLT Isaiah 57:7 ESV Isaiah 57:7 NASB Isaiah 57:7 KJV Isaiah 57:7 BibleApps.com Isaiah 57:7 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 57:7 Chinese Bible Isaiah 57:7 French Bible Isaiah 57:7 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 57:7 On a high and lofty mountain have (Isa Isi Is) |
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