以賽亞書 57:6-7 RCUVTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 57:3-12

We have here a high charge, but a just one no doubt, drawn up against that wicked generation out of which God's righteous ones were removed, because the world was not worthy of them. Observe, I. The general character here given of them, or the name and title by which they stand indicted, Isa. 57:3. They are told to draw near and hear the charge, are set to the bar, and arraigned there as sons of the sorceress, or of a witch, the seed of an adulterer and a whore, that is, they were such... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 57:6

Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion ,.... Or thy god; but the portion of Jacob is not like them, stocks and stones, Jeremiah 10:16 . Whenever they could pick up smooth stones, and such as were fit for their purpose, whether in the stream of a brook, or in a valley, as the word also signifies, they polished and formed them into an image, and made gods of them; and these were their portion and inheritance, and which they left to their children. There is an elegant play on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 57:7

Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed ,.... Temples and altars, which are usually built on high places, where they commit spiritual adultery; that is, idolatry, in imitation of the Heathens, who had their temples and altars on high places; and the idolatry of the church of Rome, in this context, is all along expressed in language agreeable to the Heathen idolatry, and in allusion to it. Some think this phrase denotes impudence in their idolatrous worship; for not content to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:6

Among the smooth stones of the stream "Among the smooth stones of the valley" - The Jews were extremely addicted to the practice of many superstitious and idolatrous rites, which the prophet here inveighs against with great vehemence. Of the worship of rude stones consecrated, there are many testimonials of the ancients. They were called βαιτυλοι and βαιτυλια· probably from the stone which Jacob erected at Beth-el, pouring oil upon the top of it. This practice was very common in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:3-10

Pictures of idolatry. The idolaters are summoned to hear the judgment upon them. They are characterized as "sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer." The source of all idolatry is unfaithfulness to God regarded as the Husband of his people ( Ezekiel 16:44 , Ezekiel 16:45 ). Yet, in their pride, these idolaters make sport of and scoff at the true servants of God. I. THE RITES OF IDOLATRY . There were enthusiastic orgies in the sacred groves of oak and in the gardens ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:3-14

ISRAEL SEVERELY REBUKED FOR IDOLATRY . Though Hezekiah had made a great reformation of religion when he ascended the throne( 2 Kings 18:4 ; 2 Chronicles 29:3-19 ), and had done his best to put down idolatry, yet it was still dear to large numbers among the people, and was easily revived by Manasseh in the earlier portion of his reign ( 2 Chronicles 33:2-9 ). Isaiah now rebukes various kinds of idolatrous practices, and shows the vanity of them. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:6

Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion . Smooth stones, rounded by water-action, were among the objects worshipped by many Semitic peoples. Such stones were called βαίτυλοι or βαιτύλια —Bethels, or "houses of God "—and received libations of oil and wine from their worshippers. Stones of this kind, the prophet says, had now become "the portion" of Israel, instead of Jehovah ( Psalms 119:57 ; comp. Psalms 16:5 ). To such objects they offered their "meat offerings" and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:6

The worship of stones. "In the smooth stones of the valley is thy portion … even to them hast thou poured out drink offerings." A good deal of information is at command on this subject, Illustrative matter will be found in Kitto's 'Daily Bible Illustrations,' vol. 'Isaiah,' p. 209. Matthew Arnold sums up the matter in the following note: "The worship of stones is a very early form of idolatry, and originated, probably, in the veneration paid to meteoric stones—stones which, as the people... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:7

Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed . Instead of reserving thy marriage-bed for me, Jehovah ( Isaiah 54:5 ), thou hast set it up on those "high places," with which the hill-tops of Judaea are everywhere crowned (see 1 Kings 14:23 ; 1 Kings 16:4 ; 2 Chronicles 33:17 ; Ezekiel 15:1-8 :16, etc.). Almost every hill-top is still, in a sense, held sacred in Palestine. Even thither wentest thou up, etc. (On the persistency of the Jews in maintaining the high-place... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:6

Among the smooth stones of the streams - In the original here, there is a paronomasia, which cannot be fully retained in our English version. There has been also considerable diversity of opinion in regard to the sense of the passage, from the ambiguity of the words in the original. Jerome (the Vulgate) renders it, In partibus torrentis pars tua - ‘Thy portion is in the parts of the torrent.’ The Septuagint translates it ‘This is thy portion; this is thy lot. The word rendered in our version,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 57:3-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 57:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 57:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 57:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:3-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:3-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 57:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:6

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