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There you have worshiped idols and have been unfaithful to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/57.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/57.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/57.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/57.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“On a lofty and high mountain You have set your bed; Even there you went up To offer sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/57.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“On a high and lofty mountain You have made your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/57.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Upon a high and lofty mountain You have made your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/57.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Upon a high and lofty mountain You have made your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/57.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Upon a mountain lofty and lifted up You have made your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/57.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Upon a high and lofty mountain You have [openly and shamelessly] made your [idolatrous and adulterous] bed; Even there you went up to offer sacrifice [to idols, in spiritual unfaithfulness to Me].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/57.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have placed your bed on a high and lofty mountain; you also went up there to offer sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/57.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have placed your bed on a high and lofty mountain; you also went up there to offer sacrifice. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/57.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/57.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You have spread out your beds on the tops of high mountains, where you sacrifice to idols. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/57.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed: thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/57.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You've made your bed on a high and lofty mountain. You've gone to offer sacrifices there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/57.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You go to the high mountains to offer sacrifices and have sex. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/57.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"You have made your bed on a high and lofty mountain, and you went up to offer sacrifice there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/57.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/57.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />On every high, elevated hill you prepare your bed; you go up there to offer sacrifices. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/57.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed; there also you went up to offer sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/57.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither thou wentest up to offer sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/57.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/57.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />On a mountain, high and exalted, "" You have set your bed, "" You have also gone up there to make a sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/57.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> On a mountain, high and exalted, Thou hast set thy couch, Also thither thou hast gone up to make a sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/57.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Upon a mountain high and lifted up thou didst set thy bed: also there thou wentest up to sacrifice a sacrifice.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/57.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Upon a high and lofty mountain thou hast laid thy bed, and hast gone up thither to offer victims. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/57.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Upon a high and lofty mountain, you have placed your bed, and you have ascended to that place to immolate victims.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/57.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Upon a towering and lofty mountain you set up your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifice. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/57.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Upon a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifice.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/57.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Upon high and lofty mountains you have set your bed; even thither you went up to offer sacrifices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/57.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />On high and exalted mountains you have made your bed, also there you went up to sacrifice sacrifices<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/57.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Upon a high and lofty mountain Hast thou set thy bed; Thither also wentest thou up To offer sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/57.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />On a lofty and high mountain, there is thy bed, and thither thou carriedst up thy meat-offerings:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/57-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=12630" 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">6</span>Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these? <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">On</a> <a href="/hebrew/1364.htm" title="1364: gā·ḇō·ah (Adj-ms) -- High, exalted. Or gabowahh; from gabahh; elevated, powerful, arrogant.">a high</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: wə·niś·śā (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">and lofty</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: har- (N-ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">hill</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śamt (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">you have made</a> <a href="/hebrew/4904.htm" title="4904: miš·kā·ḇêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- Place of lying, a couch, act of lying. From shakab; a bed; abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse.">your bed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ‘ā·lîṯ (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">you went up</a> <a href="/hebrew/2076.htm" title="2076: liz·bō·aḥ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To slaughter for sacrifice. A primitive root; to slaughter an animal.">to offer</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: zā·ḇaḥ (N-ms) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">sacrifices.</a> </span><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.…<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="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-24.htm">Ezekiel 16:24-25</a></span><br />you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square. / 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="/hosea/4-13.htm">Hosea 4:13</a></span><br />They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a></span><br />They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/16-4.htm">2 Kings 16:4</a></span><br />And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">2 Kings 17:10</a></span><br />They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-28.htm">Ezekiel 20:28</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Deuteronomy 12:2</a></span><br />Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-4.htm">2 Chronicles 28:4</a></span><br />And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-58.htm">Psalm 78:58</a></span><br />They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Jeremiah 3:13</a></span><br />Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/6-13.htm">Ezekiel 6:13</a></span><br />Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-11.htm">Hosea 8:11</a></span><br />Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-21</a></span><br />No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">On a lofty and high mountain have you set your bed: even thither went you up to offer sacrifice.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</a></b></br> For of old time I have broken thy yoke, <i>and</i> burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/3-2.htm">Jeremiah 3:2</a></b></br> Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-16.htm">Ezekiel 16:16,25</a></b></br> And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: <i>the like things</i> shall not come, neither shall it be <i>so</i>… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/28-20.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-13.htm">Exalted</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-9.htm">High</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-4.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-25.htm">Lofty</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-6.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Thither</a> <a href="/psalms/68-7.htm">Wentest</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-15.htm">Exalted</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-14.htm">High</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-15.htm">Lofty</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-13.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-11.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-8.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-4.htm">Thither</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-9.htm">Wentest</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 57</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/57-1.htm">The blessed death of the righteous</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/57-3.htm">God reproves the People for their idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/57-13.htm">He gives promises of mercy to 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 /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/57.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/57.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>On a high and lofty hill</b><br>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, high places were often chosen for worship and religious rituals, as they were considered closer to the divine. The Israelites were instructed to worship at the temple in Jerusalem, but they frequently fell into the practice of using high places for idolatrous worship, which was condemned by God (<a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">2 Kings 17:10-11</a>). The use of high places is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, symbolizing rebellion against God's prescribed way of worship.<p><b>you have made your bed</b><br>This phrase metaphorically describes Israel's unfaithfulness to God, likening it to an adulterous relationship. The imagery of making a bed suggests preparation and intent, indicating a deliberate choice to engage in idolatry. This metaphor is used throughout the prophets to describe Israel's spiritual adultery (<a href="/jeremiah/3.htm">Jeremiah 3:1-2</a>, <a href="/ezekiel/16-25.htm">Ezekiel 16:25</a>).<p><b>and there you went up</b><br>The act of going up to these high places signifies a willful ascent into sin. It reflects a conscious decision to pursue idolatrous practices despite knowing God's commandments. This ascent is not just physical but also spiritual, representing a turning away from God.<p><b>to offer sacrifices</b><br>Sacrifices were a central part of worship in ancient Israel, intended to honor God and seek atonement. However, offering sacrifices on high places was a perversion of true worship, as it was often directed to false gods or conducted in a manner contrary to God's law (<a href="/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Deuteronomy 12:13-14</a>). This practice is condemned throughout the prophetic books as a sign of Israel's infidelity and disobedience (<a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-15</a>, <a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/high_and_lofty_hill.htm">High and Lofty Hill</a></b><br>In ancient Israel, high places were often used for idol worship and pagan rituals. These locations were elevated physically and symbolically, representing a place where people sought to connect with deities other than the God of Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/sacrifices.htm">Sacrifices</a></b><br>The act of offering sacrifices was central to worship in ancient times. In this context, it refers to the offerings made to idols, which were a direct violation of the covenant relationship with Yahweh.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who conveyed God's messages to the people of Judah. His role was to call the people back to faithfulness and warn them of the consequences of their idolatry and unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry's_deception.htm">Idolatry's Deception</a></b><br>Idolatry often appears attractive and fulfilling, but it ultimately leads us away from God. We must be vigilant in identifying modern-day idols in our lives, such as materialism, power, or relationships that take precedence over our relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_compromise.htm">The Danger of Compromise</a></b><br>The Israelites' use of high places for idol worship shows how easily God's people can compromise their faith. We must guard against small compromises that can lead us away from God's truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/true_worship.htm">True Worship</a></b><br>God desires worship that is pure and centered on Him alone. We should evaluate our worship practices to ensure they align with biblical principles and honor God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Despite the people's unfaithfulness, God continually calls them to repentance. We are reminded of God's grace and the opportunity for restoration when we turn back to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_57.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 57</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_question_does_'jesus_is_the_answer'.htm">What question does 'Jesus is the answer' address?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_isaiah_57_6-7_align_with_judah's_idolatry.htm">Isaiah 57:6-7: When idols are condemned, do external sources confirm this degree of idolatry in Judah, or does the text conflict with known religious practices of the time?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_child_sacrifice_widespread_in_israel.htm">Isaiah 57:5: Is there credible archaeological evidence that child sacrifice was widespread among Israelites, or is this an exaggerated polemic?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_weren't_high_places_removed_in_2_kings_12_3.htm">In 2 Kings 12:3, why were the high places not removed if Jehoash was supposedly following God's commands?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/57.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">Set thy bed . . .</span>--Idolatry being as adultery, the "bed" follows naturally as representing the locality of the idol-worship. Comp. <a href="/ezekiel/16-31.htm" title="In that you build your eminent place in the head of every way, and make your high place in every street; and have not been as an harlot, in that you scorn hire;">Ezekiel 16:31</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/23-17.htm" title="And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their prostitution, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.">Ezekiel 23:17</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/57.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed</span>. Instead of reserving thy marriage-bed for me, Jehovah (<a href="/isaiah/54-5.htm">Isaiah 54:5</a>), thou hast set it up on those "high places," with which the hill-tops of Judaea are everywhere crowned (see <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a>; <a href="/1_kings/16-4.htm">1 Kings 16:4</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/33-17.htm">2 Chronicles 33:17</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/15.htm">Ezekiel 15</a>:16, etc.). Almost every hill-top is still, in a sense, held sacred in Palestine (Conder, in 'Quarterly Statement of Palest. Explor. Fund,' 1875, p. 39). <span class="cmt_word">Even thither</span> <span class="cmt_word">wentest thou up,</span> etc. (On the persistency of the Jews in maintaining the high-place worship, see <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a>; <a href="/1_kings/15-14.htm">1 Kings 15:14</a>; <a href="/1_kings/22-43.htm">1 Kings 22:43</a>; <a href="/2_kings/12-3.htm">2 Kings 12:3</a>; <a href="/2_kings/14-4.htm">2 Kings 14:4</a>; <a href="/2_kings/15-4.htm">2 Kings 15:4</a>; <a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">2 Kings 21:3</a>, etc.) The best kings failed in their attempts to put it down <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/57-7.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">On</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֤ל</span> <span class="translit">(‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a high</span><br /><span class="heb">גָּבֹ֙הַּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(gā·ḇō·ah)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1364.htm">Strong's 1364: </a> </span><span class="str2">Elevated, powerful, arrogant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and lofty</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִשָּׂ֔א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niś·śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hill</span><br /><span class="heb">הַר־</span> <span class="translit">(har-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you have made</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׂ֖מְתְּ</span> <span class="translit">(śamt)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your bed,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁכָּבֵ֑ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(miš·kā·ḇêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4904.htm">Strong's 4904: </a> </span><span class="str2">Place of lying, a couch, act of lying</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּם־</span> <span class="translit">(gam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you went up</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלִ֖ית</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to offer</span><br /><span class="heb">לִזְבֹּ֥חַ</span> <span class="translit">(liz·bō·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2076.htm">Strong's 2076: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slaughter for sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sacrifices.</span><br /><span class="heb">זָֽבַח׃</span> <span class="translit">(zā·ḇaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2077.htm">Strong's 2077: </a> </span><span class="str2">A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/57-7.htm">Isaiah 57:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/57-7.htm">Isaiah 57:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/57-7.htm">Isaiah 57:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/57-7.htm">Isaiah 57:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/57-7.htm">Isaiah 57:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/57-7.htm">Isaiah 57:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/57-7.htm">Isaiah 57:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/57-7.htm">Isaiah 57:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/57-7.htm">Isaiah 57:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/57-7.htm">Isaiah 57:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/57-7.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 57:7 On a high and lofty mountain have (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/57-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 57:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 57:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 57:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 57:8" /></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>