以賽亞書 57:4-5 CUNPTS

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 57:3-4

Isaiah 57:3-4. But draw near hither, &c. “The prophet proceeds to exhibit the church, totally corrupt as it was, the good men being extinct or dispersed; so that they who remained of the pure seed of the church lay hid in solitary places, while the body of the church appeared like a dead carcass; not the true, but the idolatrous church.” Thus Vitringa, who understands this paragraph as describing the state of the church in the dark ages of popery. It seems, however, by many of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 57:5-6

Isaiah 57:5-6. Inflaming yourselves with idols Hebrew, הנחמים , being inflamed, or growing hot, after idols, as Dr. Waterland renders it. Lusting after them, and mad upon them, as the phrase is, Jeremiah 50:38. Fervent, both in making and in worshipping them, as was observed Isaiah 44:12. Under every green tree Wherever you see an idol erected, which was commonly done in groves, or under great and shady trees, which defended the worshippers from the heat of the sun, and were... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 57:1-21

Corruption and idolatry (56:9-57:21)The Assyrian captivity of the northerners and the Babylonian captivity of the southerners did not include the whole populations. Those who were of no use to the conquerors were left behind, along with scattered country people who escaped the enemy. These and their descendants soon followed the old religious practices of the Canaanite people. They worshipped idols, offered human sacrifices to the god Molech, and practised fertility rites with religious... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 57:4

children = offspring. transgression: i.e. inborn transgression. Hebrew. pasha '. App-44 . seed of falsehood = false seed. Figure of speech Enallage. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 57:5

with idols = with the sacred trees: i.e. the Asherahs. See App-42 . slaying the children. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:21 ); to Molech (1 Kings 11:7 . 2 Kings 17:16 , 2 Kings 17:17 ); or to Baal (Jeremiah 19:5 .Ezekiel 16:20 ; Ezekiel 23:39 . Hosea 13:1 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 57:5

"Ye that inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? Among the smooth stones of the valley is thy portion; they are thy lot; even to them hast thou poured a drink-offering, thou hast offered an oblation. Shall I be appeased for these things? Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. And behind the doors and the posts hast thou set up thy memorial; for... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 57:5

Isaiah 57:5. Slaying the children, &c.— It is generally agreed, that the prophet in these words alludes to some detestable superstitious rite made use of in his times in the worship of idols, which some refer particularly to the sacrifices offered to Moloch, for which the valley of Hinnom was remarkably infamous. But, whatever the reference be, the passage must be understood metaphorically of the superstition and cruelties practised in the period of the Christian church referred to. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:4

4. sport yourselves—make a mock (Isaiah 66:5). Are ye aware of the glory of Him whom you mock, by mocking His servants ("the righteous," Isaiah 57:1)? (2 Chronicles 36:16). make . . . wide mouth— (Psalms 22:7; Psalms 22:13; Psalms 35:21; Lamentations 2:16). children of transgression, &c.—not merely children of transgressors, and a seed of false parents, but of transgression and falsehood itself, utterly unfaithful to God. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 57:5

5. Enflaming yourselves—burning with lust towards idols [GESENIUS]; or else (compare Margin), in the terebinth groves, which the Hebrew and the parallelism favor (see on :-) [MAURER]. under . . . tree— ( :-). The tree, as in the Assyrian sculptures, was probably made an idolatrous symbol of the heavenly hosts. slaying . . . children—as a sacrifice to Molech, c. (2 Kings 17:31 2 Chronicles 28:3; 2 Chronicles 33:6). in . . . valleys—the valley of the son of Hinnom. Fire was put within a hollow... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 57:3-13

Rampant apostasy 57:3-13Isaiah identified another mark of Israel, which boasted in its election by God and viewed righteousness in terms of correct worship ritual. This was the widespread departure of the nation from God (apostasy). She had forsaken God and had pursued idols. read more