Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You went to Molek with olive oil and increased your perfumes. You sent your ambassadors far away; you descended to the very realm of the dead! New Living Translation You have gone to Molech with olive oil and many perfumes, sending your agents far and wide, even to the world of the dead. English Standard Version You journeyed to the king with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far off, and sent down even to Sheol. Berean Standard Bible You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself. King James 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. New King James Version You went to the king with ointment, And increased your perfumes; You sent your messengers far off, And even descended to Sheol. New American Standard Bible “You have journeyed to the king with oil And increased your perfumes; You have sent your messengers a great distance And made them go down to Sheol. NASB 1995 “You have journeyed to the king with oil And increased your perfumes; You have sent your envoys a great distance And made them go down to Sheol. NASB 1977 “And you have journeyed to the king with oil And increased your perfumes; You have sent your envoys a great distance, And made them go down to Sheol. Legacy Standard Bible You have journeyed to the king with oil And increased your perfumes; You have sent your envoys a great distance And made them go down to Sheol. Amplified Bible “You have gone to the king [of a pagan land] with oil And increased your perfumes; You have sent your messengers a great distance And made them go down to Sheol (the realm of the dead). Christian Standard Bible You went to the king with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away and sent them down even to Sheol. Holman Christian Standard Bible You went to the king with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your couriers far away and sent them down even to Sheol. American Standard Version And thou wentest to the king with oil, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol. Contemporary English Version You smear on olive oil and all kinds of perfume to worship the god Molech. You even seek advice from spirits of the dead. English Revised Version And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell. GOD'S WORD® Translation You've journeyed to the king with perfumed oils and put on plenty of perfume. You've sent your ambassadors far away and sent them down to Sheol. Good News Translation You put on your perfumes and ointments and go to worship the god Molech. To find gods to worship, you send messengers far and wide, even to the world of the dead. International Standard Version You went to Molech with olive oil and increased your perfumes; you sent your ambassadors far away, you sent them down even to Sheol itself! Majority Standard Bible You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself. NET Bible You take olive oil as tribute to your king, along with many perfumes. You send your messengers to a distant place; you go all the way to Sheol. New Heart English Bible You went to the king with oil, and increased your perfumes, and sent your ambassadors far off, and debased yourself even to Sheol. Webster's Bible Translation 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 to hell. World English Bible You went to the king with oil, increased your perfumes, sent your ambassadors far off, and degraded yourself even to Sheol. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd go joyfully to the king in ointment, "" And multiply your perfumes, "" And send your ambassadors far off, "" And humble yourself to Sheol. Young's Literal Translation And goest joyfully to the king in ointment, And dost multiply thy perfumes, And sendest thine ambassadors afar off, And humblest thyself unto Sheol. Smith's Literal Translation And thou wilt pour out for the king with oil and thou wilt increase thy perfumes, and thou wilt send thy messengers even from far off, and thou wilt be made low, even to hades. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd thou hast adorned thyself for the king with ointment, and hast multiplied thy perfumes. Thou hast sent thy messengers far off, and wast debased even to hell. Catholic Public Domain Version And you have adorned yourself for the king with ointments, and you have increased your cosmetics. You have sent your representatives to distant places, and you have debased yourself all the way to Hell. New American Bible You approached the king with oil, and multiplied your perfumes; You sent your ambassadors far away, down even to deepest Sheol. New Revised Standard Version You journeyed to Molech with oil, and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away, and sent down even to Sheol. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd you did praise the kings with frankincense, and did increase your perfumes, and you did send your messengers far off, and you have brought yourself low, even down to Sheol. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And you praised Kings with oil, and you increased your sweet spices, and you sent your Ambassadors far away, and you were brought low unto Sheol OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And thou wentest to the king with ointment, And didst increase thy perfumes, And didst send thine ambassadors far off, Even down to the nether-world. Brenton Septuagint Translation and thou hast multiplied thy whoredom with them, and thou hast increased the number of them that are far from thee, and hast sent ambassadors beyond thy borders, and hast been debased even to hell. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Condemns Idolatry…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. 9You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself. 10You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.… Cross References Ezekiel 23:40 Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry. Hosea 7:11 So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria. Jeremiah 2:33 How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways. Jeremiah 4:30 And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life. 2 Kings 16:7-10 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.” / Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria. / So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death. ... 2 Kings 23:11-12 And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun. / He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley. Ezekiel 16:33-34 Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors. / So your prostitution is the opposite of that of other women: No one solicited your favors, and you paid a fee instead of receiving one; so you are the very opposite! Hosea 12:1 Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt. 2 Chronicles 28:20-21 Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him. / Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him. Jeremiah 2:36 How impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria. Ezekiel 16:25 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. Revelation 17:2 The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” Revelation 18:3 All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” James 4:4 You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God. Matthew 23:15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are. Treasury of Scripture And you went to the king with ointment, and did increase your perfumes, and did send your messengers far off, and did debase yourself even to hell. thou wentest to the king. Isaiah 30:1-6 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: … Isaiah 31:1-3 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! … 2 Kings 16:7-11 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me… perfumes Proverbs 7:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. and didst debase Isaiah 2:9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. Colossians 2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, Jump to Previous Afar Ambassadors Descended Distance Envoys Far Goest Grave Great Hell Humblest Increase Increased Itself Journeyed Joyfully Low Melech Messengers Multiply Nether-World Oil Ointment Olive Perfume Perfumes Representatives Sendest Sheol Thyself WentestJump to Next Afar Ambassadors Descended Distance Envoys Far Goest Grave Great Hell Humblest Increase Increased Itself Journeyed Joyfully Low Melech Messengers Multiply Nether-World Oil Ointment Olive Perfume Perfumes Representatives Sendest Sheol Thyself 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 You went to Molech The phrase "You went to Molech" refers to the Israelites' engagement in idolatrous practices, specifically the worship of the Ammonite god Molech. The Hebrew root for Molech is "מֹלֶךְ" (Molek), which is associated with a deity to whom child sacrifices were offered. This practice was strictly forbidden in the Mosaic Law (Leviticus 18:21, 20:2-5). Historically, the worship of Molech involved rituals that were abominable to God, highlighting the depth of Israel's spiritual adultery. The Israelites' turning to Molech signifies a profound betrayal of their covenant relationship with Yahweh, choosing instead to adopt the detestable customs of surrounding nations. with oil multiplied your perfumes You sent your envoys far away You even descended to Sheol Even unto hell--i.e., Hades or Sheol, the world of the dead--as the symbol of an abysmal depth of degradation. Verse 9. - And thou wentest to the king, Delitzsch and Mr. Cheyne understand "the King of Assyria," and regard the verse as bringing forward a new subject of complaint: "Not only hast thou deserted me tot other gods, but thou trustest for aid, not to me, but to the Assyrian monarch." But there is no indication of the Jews having put any trust in Assyria after the reign of Ahaz, to which this chapter, by its position in the prophecy, cannot belong. Moreover, the King of Assyria is never called simply" the king." It is, therefore, better to regard "the king" as Moloch, whom the Jews of Isaiah's time certainly worshipped (see ver. 5), and whose name was a mere dialectic variety of Melech, "king" (see Dean Payne Smith's ' Sermons on Isaiah,' sermon 4. p. 119). Ointment... perfumes. Either bearing them as offerings, or herself perfumed with them, as was the practice of lewd women (Proverbs 7:17). And didst send thy messengers far off; i.e. to distant Moloch-shrines. And didst debase thyself even unto hell; i.e. "didst take on thee the yoke of a mean and grovelling superstition, which debased thee to the lowest point conceivable." There was nothing lower in religion than the worship of Moloch.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You wentוַתָּשֻׁ֤רִי (wat·tā·šu·rî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 7788: Perhaps to travel, journey to [Molech] לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (lam·me·leḵ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king with oil בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן (baš·še·men) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8081: Grease, liquid, richness and multiplied וַתַּרְבִּ֖י (wat·tar·bî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great your perfumes. רִקֻּחָ֑יִךְ (riq·qu·ḥā·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 7547: A scented substance You have sent וַתְּשַׁלְּחִ֤י (wat·tə·šal·lə·ḥî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out your envoys צִרַ֙יִךְ֙ (ṣi·rayḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 6735: A hinge, a throe, a herald, erranddoer a great distance; מֵ֣רָחֹ֔ק (mê·rā·ḥōq) Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7350: Remote, of place, time, precious you have descended וַתַּשְׁפִּ֖ילִי (wat·taš·pî·lî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 8213: To be or become low, to be abased even to עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while Sheol itself. שְׁאֽוֹל׃ (šə·’ō·wl) Noun - common singular Strong's 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death) Links Isaiah 57:9 NIVIsaiah 57:9 NLT Isaiah 57:9 ESV Isaiah 57:9 NASB Isaiah 57:9 KJV Isaiah 57:9 BibleApps.com Isaiah 57:9 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 57:9 Chinese Bible Isaiah 57:9 French Bible Isaiah 57:9 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 57:9 You went to the king with oil (Isa Isi Is) |
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