Isaiah 57:7

Q: What does Isaiah 57:7 say?

Isaiah 57:7 (King James Version) reads: "Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice."

Q: Is Isaiah 57:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 57:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

57:6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?

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

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On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.

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

On a lofty and high mountain have you set your bed: even thither went you up to offer sacrifice.

57:8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it. made: or, hewed it for thyself larger than theirs where: or, thou providedst room

What does Isaiah 57:7 mean?

Isaiah 57:7 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include גָּבֹהַּ (gâbôahh), נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ), הַר (har). It connects to 6 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

Upon

loftyגָּבֹהַּgâbôahh/gaw-bo'-ah/H1364elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant

and

highנָשָׂאnâsâʼ/naw-saw'/H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

mountainהַרhar/har/H2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

hast

thou

setשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

thy

bed:מִשְׁכָּבmishkâb/mish-kawb'/H4904a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse

even

thither

wentest

thou

upעָלָהʻâlâh/aw-law'/H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

offerזָבַחzâbach/zaw-bakh'/H2076to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)

sacrifice.זֶבַחzebach/zeh'-bakh/H2077properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)

Commentary on Isaiah 57:7

HENRY_FULL · Isaiah 57:7

ss in his work, so awkwardly does he go about it. Observe, 1. The pretence he makes for his slothfulness: He hides his hand in his bosom for fear of cold; next to his warm bed in his warm bosom. Or he pretends that he is lame, as some do that make a trade of begging; something ails his hand; he would have it thought that it is blistered with yesterday's hard work. Or it intimates, in general, his aversion to business; he has tried, and his hands are not used to labour, and therefore he hugs himself in his own ease and cares for nobody. Note, It is common for those that will not do their duty to pretend they cannot. I cannot dig, Luke xvi. 3 . 2. The prejudice he sustains by his slothfulness. He himself is the loser by it, for he starves himself: It grieves him to bring his hand to his mouth, that is, he cannot find in his heart to feed himself, but dreads, as if it were a mighty toil, to lift his hand to his head. It is an elegant hyperbole, aggravating his sin, that he cannot endure to take the least pains, no, not for the greatest profit, and showing how his sin is his punishment. Those that are slothful in the business of religion will not be at the pains to feed their own souls with the word of God, the bread of life, nor to fetch in promised blessings by prayer, though they might have them for the fetching. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. Observe, 1. The high opinion which the sluggard has of himself, notwithstanding the gross absurdity and folly of his slothfulness: He thinks himself <

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Isaiah 17:11

In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. a heap: or, removed in the day of inheritance, and there shall be deadly sorrow

Isaiah 18:6

They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

Isaiah 20:3

And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;

Luke 12:14

And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

2 Timothy 2:23

But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

2 Timothy 2:24

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, patient: or, forbearing

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 57:7.

Genesis 31:54

Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. offered: or, killed beasts

Exodus 23:18

Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. sacrifice: or, feast

Exodus 24:5

And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.

Exodus 34:15

Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

Genesis 19:30

And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

Genesis 21:18

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 22:13

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

Genesis 22:2

And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Frequently asked questions

What does Isaiah 57:7 say?

Isaiah 57:7 (King James Version) reads: "Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice."

Is Isaiah 57:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 57:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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