Isaiah 57:7

Translations

Modern

On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.

Traditional

Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

Literal

Upon a mountain high and lifted up you have set your bed; also you went up there to offer sacrifice.

Latin

Super montem excelsum et sublimem posuisti cubile tuum, et illuc ascendisti ut immolares hostias.

Original

Hebrew

English

On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.

Notes

Isaiah 56:9–57:13

This passage reflects on how common evil had become among God’s people. Many of them were greedy and wanted more and more for themselves (Isaiah 56:9–12). They treated righteous people with hatred and violence (Isaiah 57:1–2). They also worshiped idols instead of the true God (Isaiah 57:3–13).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Ezekiel 16:16
You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!
Ezekiel 23:41
You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,
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 16:25
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.
Ezekiel 20:28–29
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.
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.
Jeremiah 3:2
“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
Ezekiel 23:17
Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. But after she had been defiled by them, she turned away in disgust.

Glossary

Furniture Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature

Topics

Beds: (Made on High) of Carnal Security Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of Infidelity: General Scriptures Concerning

Isaiah 57:7

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