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You sent your ambassadors far away; you descended to the very realm of the dead!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/57.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You have gone to Molech with olive oil and many perfumes, sending your agents far and wide, even to the world of the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/57.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You journeyed to the king with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far off, and sent down even to Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/57.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/57.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase <i>thyself even</i> unto hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/57.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You went to the king with ointment, And increased your perfumes; You sent your messengers far off, And <i>even</i> descended to Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/57.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“You have journeyed to the king with oil And increased your perfumes; You have sent your messengers a great distance And made <i>them</i> go down to Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/57.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/57.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And you have journeyed to the king with oil And increased your perfumes; You have sent your envoys a great distance, And made <i>them</i> go down to Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/57.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You have journeyed to the king with oil And increased your perfumes; You have sent your envoys a great distance And made <i>them</i> go down to Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/57.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“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 <i>them</i> go down to Sheol (the realm of the dead).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/57.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You went to the king with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away and sent them down even to Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/57.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You went to the king with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your couriers far away and sent them down even to Sheol. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/57.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/57.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You smear on olive oil and all kinds of perfume to worship the god Molech. You even seek advice from spirits of the dead. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/57.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/57.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/57.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/57.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/57.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/57.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/57.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You went to the king with oil, and increased your perfumes, and sent your ambassadors far off, and debased yourself even to Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/57.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/57.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You went to the king with oil, increased your perfumes, sent your ambassadors far off, and degraded yourself even to Sheol. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/57.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And go joyfully to the king in ointment, "" And multiply your perfumes, "" And send your ambassadors far off, "" And humble yourself to Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/57.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And goest joyfully to the king in ointment, And dost multiply thy perfumes, And sendest thine ambassadors afar off, And humblest thyself unto Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/57.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/57.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/57.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/57.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You approached the king with oil, and multiplied your perfumes; You sent your ambassadors far away, down even to deepest Sheol. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/57.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You journeyed to Molech with oil, and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away, and sent down even to Sheol.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/57.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/57.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />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<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/57.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/57.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/57-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=12656" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/57.htm">God Condemns Idolatry</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>Behind 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. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7788.htm" title="7788: wat·tā·šu·rî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2fs) -- Perhaps to travel, journey. A primitive root; properly, to turn, i.e. Travel about.">You went</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: lam·me·leḵ (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">to Molech</a> <a href="/hebrew/8081.htm" title="8081: baš·še·men (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Fat, oil. From shaman; grease, especially liquid; figuratively, richness.">with oil</a> <a href="/hebrew/7235.htm" title="7235: wat·tar·bî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-2fs) -- To be or become much, many or great. A primitive root; to increase.">and multiplied</a> <a href="/hebrew/7547.htm" title="7547: riq·qu·ḥā·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Perfumery. From raqach; a scented substance.">your perfumes.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wat·tə·šal·lə·ḥî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-2fs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">You have sent</a> <a href="/hebrew/6735.htm" title="6735: ṣi·rayḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- A hinge, a throe, a herald, erranddoer. From tsuwr; a hinge; also a throe; also a herald or errand-doer.">your envoys</a> <a href="/hebrew/7350.htm" title="7350: mê·rā·ḥōq (Prep-m:: Adj-ms) -- Or rachoq; from rachaq; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially.">a great distance;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8213.htm" title="8213: wat·taš·pî·lî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-2fs) -- To be or become low, to be abased. A primitive root; to depress or sink.">you have descended</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">even to</a> <a href="/hebrew/7585.htm" title="7585: šə·’ō·wl (N-cs) -- Or shol; from sha'al; Hades or the world of the dead, including its accessories and inmates.">Sheol itself.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>You 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-40.htm">Ezekiel 23:40</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/7-11.htm">Hosea 7:11</a></span><br />So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-33.htm">Jeremiah 2:33</a></span><br />How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm">Jeremiah 4:30</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/16-7.htm">2 Kings 16:7-10</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-11.htm">2 Kings 23:11-12</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-33.htm">Ezekiel 16:33-34</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/12-1.htm">Hosea 12:1</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-20.htm">2 Chronicles 28:20-21</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-36.htm">Jeremiah 2:36</a></span><br />How impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-25.htm">Ezekiel 16:25</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-2.htm">Revelation 17:2</a></span><br />The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Revelation 18:3</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-15.htm">Matthew 23:15</a></span><br />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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">thou wentest to the king.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Isaiah 30:1-6</a></b></br> 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: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm">Isaiah 31:1-3</a></b></br> Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because <i>they are</i> many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/16-7.htm">2 Kings 16:7-11</a></b></br> So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I <i>am</i> 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… </p><p class="hdg">perfumes</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/7-17.htm">Proverbs 7:17</a></b></br> I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.</p><p class="hdg">and didst debase</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-9.htm">Isaiah 2:9</a></b></br> And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/colossians/2-18.htm">Colossians 2:18</a></b></br> 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,</p><div class="vheading">Jump 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the penitent</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/isaiah/57.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>You went to Molech</b><br />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 (<a href="/leviticus/18-21.htm">Leviticus 18:21, 20</a>: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.<p><b>with oil</b><br />The use of "with oil" in this context likely refers to the anointing or offering of oil in pagan rituals. Oil was a common element in ancient Near Eastern religious practices, used to consecrate or dedicate offerings to deities. In the Hebrew context, oil was also used for anointing kings and priests, symbolizing the Holy Spirit's presence and blessing. However, in this verse, the oil is misappropriated for idolatrous purposes, indicating a perversion of what was meant to be holy and set apart for God.<p><b>multiplied your perfumes</b><br />The phrase "multiplied your perfumes" suggests an abundance of fragrant offerings made to foreign gods. Perfumes and incense were integral to worship in ancient cultures, symbolizing prayers and devotion rising to the deity. The multiplication of perfumes indicates an excessive and zealous participation in idol worship, further illustrating Israel's infidelity. This act contrasts with the sweet-smelling aroma of sacrifices pleasing to God, as described in the Old Testament (<a href="/exodus/30-34.htm">Exodus 30:34-38</a>).<p><b>You sent your envoys far away</b><br />"Sending envoys far away" implies seeking alliances or favor from distant nations and their gods. In the historical context, Israel often sought political and military alliances with foreign powers like Egypt and Assyria, rather than relying on God for protection and provision. This action represents a lack of faith and trust in God's sovereignty and a reliance on human strength and wisdom. It underscores the theme of spiritual adultery, as Israel turns away from their divine protector to seek security in worldly powers.<p><b>You even descended to Sheol</b><br />The phrase "You even descended to Sheol" is a powerful metaphor for the depths of Israel's spiritual degradation. Sheol, in Hebrew thought, is the realm of the dead, a place of darkness and separation from the living. By descending to Sheol, the Israelites are depicted as having reached the lowest point of their spiritual apostasy. This imagery conveys the seriousness of their sin and the dire consequences of abandoning God for idols. It serves as a stark warning of the spiritual death that results from turning away from the source of life, Yahweh.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/57.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">Thou wentest to the king . . .</span>--The alteration of a single letter would give <span class= "ital">to Molech; </span>and this may be the meaning even of the text as it stands. Looking to the Manasseh-surroundings of the passage, however, it is more natural to refer the words to the king, the great king of Assyria, whose religion Judah had basely and shamefully adopted. The sin of Ahaz (<a href="/2_kings/16-11.htm" title="And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.">2Kings 16:11</a>) had been reproduced by his grandson. The description that follows is that of a harlot adorning herself for her evil calling, and finds its best illustration in <a href="/context/proverbs/7-14.htm" title="I have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.">Proverbs 7:14-17</a>. Looking to the previous traces of Isaiah's study of that book (<a href="/context/isaiah/11-1.htm" title="And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:">Isaiah 11:1-4</a>, &c) we may, perhaps, find in it a deliberate reproduction of that passage. The "ointment" and "perfumes" are symbols of the treasures which were lavished to secure the Assyrian alliance. The words help us to understand Isaiah's indignation at what must have seemed to him the initial step of a like policy on the part of Hezekiah (<a href="/context/isaiah/39-3.htm" title="Then came Isaiah the prophet to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What said these men? and from where came they to you? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country to me, even from Babylon.">Isaiah 39:3-7</a>). The words which point to the "far-off" land, to which the messengers were sent, seem almost like an echo from that king's apology.<p><span class= "bld">Even unto hell</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> Hades or Sheol, the world of the dead--as the symbol of an abysmal depth of degradation.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/57.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And thou wentest to the king</span>, Delitzsch and Mr. Cheyne understand "the King of Assyria," and regard the verse as bringing forward a new subject of complaint: "<span class="accented">Not</span> 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 <span class="accented">Assyria</span> after the reign of Ahaz, to which this chapter, by its position in the prophecy, cannot belong. Moreover, the King of <span class="accented">Assyria is</span> 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 <span class="accented">Melech</span>, "<span class="accented">king"</span> (see Dean Payne Smith's ' Sermons on Isaiah,' sermon 4. p. 119). <span class="cmt_word">Ointment... perfumes</span>. Either bearing them as offerings, or herself perfumed with them, as was the practice of lewd women (<a href="/proverbs/7-17.htm">Proverbs 7:17</a>). <span class="cmt_word">And didst send thy messengers far off</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> to distant Moloch-shrines. <span class="cmt_word">And didst debase thyself even unto hell</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/57-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You went</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתָּשֻׁ֤רִי</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tā·šu·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7788.htm">Strong's 7788: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps to travel, journey</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to [Molech]</span><br /><span class="heb">לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(lam·me·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with oil</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן</span> <span class="translit">(baš·še·men)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8081.htm">Strong's 8081: </a> </span><span class="str2">Grease, liquid, richness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and multiplied</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתַּרְבִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tar·bî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7235.htm">Strong's 7235: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become much, many or great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your perfumes.</span><br /><span class="heb">רִקֻּחָ֑יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(riq·qu·ḥā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7547.htm">Strong's 7547: </a> </span><span class="str2">A scented substance</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You have sent</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתְּשַׁלְּחִ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tə·šal·lə·ḥî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your envoys</span><br /><span class="heb">צִרַ֙יִךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ṣi·rayḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6735.htm">Strong's 6735: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hinge, a throe, a herald, erranddoer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a great distance;</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵ֣רָחֹ֔ק</span> <span class="translit">(mê·rā·ḥōq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7350.htm">Strong's 7350: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remote, of place, time, precious</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you have descended</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתַּשְׁפִּ֖ילִי</span> <span class="translit">(wat·taš·pî·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8213.htm">Strong's 8213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become low, to be abased</span><br /><br /><span class="word">even to</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Sheol itself.</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁאֽוֹל׃</span> <span class="translit">(šə·’ō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7585.htm">Strong's 7585: </a> </span><span class="str2">Underworld (place to which people descend at death)</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/57-9.htm">Isaiah 57:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/57-9.htm">Isaiah 57:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/57-9.htm">Isaiah 57:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/57-9.htm">Isaiah 57:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/57-9.htm">Isaiah 57:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/57-9.htm">Isaiah 57:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/57-9.htm">Isaiah 57:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/57-9.htm">Isaiah 57:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/57-9.htm">Isaiah 57:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/57-9.htm">Isaiah 57:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/57-9.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 57:9 You went to the king with oil (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 57:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 57:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/57-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 57:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 57:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>