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Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings and offered grain offerings. In view of all this, should I relent? <a href="/nlt/isaiah/57.htm">New Living Translation</a> Your gods are the smooth stones in the valleys. You worship them with liquid offerings and grain offerings. They, not I, are your inheritance. Do you think all this makes me happy? <a href="/esv/isaiah/57.htm">English Standard Version</a> Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, they, are your lot; to them you have poured out a drink offering, you have brought a grain offering. Shall I relent for these things? <a href="/bsb/isaiah/57.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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? <a href="/kjv/isaiah/57.htm">King James Bible</a> 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? <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/57.htm">New King James Version</a> Among the smooth stones of the stream Is your portion; They, they, are your lot! Even to them you have poured a drink offering, You have offered a grain offering. Should I receive comfort in these? <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/57.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Among the smooth stones of the ravine Is your portion, they are your lot; Even to them you have poured out a drink offering, You have made a grain offering. Should I relent of these things? <a href="/nasb/isaiah/57.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Among the smooth stones of the ravine Is your portion, they are your lot; Even to them you have poured out a drink offering, You have made a grain offering. Shall I relent concerning these things? <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/57.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Among the smooth stones of the ravine Is your portion, they are your lot; Even to them you have poured out a libation, You have made a grain offering. Shall I relent concerning these things? <a href="/lsb/isaiah/57.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Among the smooth stones of the ravine Is your portion, they are your lot; Even to them you have poured out a drink offering; You have made a grain offering. Shall I relent concerning these things? <a href="/amp/isaiah/57.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Among the smooth stones of the ravine Is your portion, they (the idols) are your lot; Even to them you have poured out a drink offering, You have offered a grain offering. Should I be quiet concerning these things [leaving them unpunished—bearing them with patience]? <a href="/csb/isaiah/57.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Your portion is among the smooth stones of the wadi; indeed, they are your lot. You have even poured out a drink offering to them; you have offered a grain offering; should I be satisfied with these? <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/57.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Your portion is among the smooth stones of the wadi; indeed, they are your lot. You have even poured out a drink offering to them; you have offered a grain offering; should I be satisfied with these? <a href="/asv/isaiah/57.htm">American Standard Version</a> Among the smooth stones of the valley is thy portion; they, 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? <a href="/cev/isaiah/57.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You have chosen to worship idols made of stone; you have given them offerings of wine and grain. Should I be pleased? <a href="/erv/isaiah/57.htm">English Revised Version</a> Among the smooth stones of the valley is thy portion; they, 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? <a href="/gwt/isaiah/57.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Your idols are among the smooth stones in the ravine. They are your destiny. You have given them wine offerings and sacrificed grain offerings to them. Do you think I am pleased with all this? <a href="/gnt/isaiah/57.htm">Good News Translation</a> You take smooth stones from there and worship them as gods. You pour out wine as offerings to them and bring them grain offerings. Do you think I am pleased with all this? <a href="/isv/isaiah/57.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Among the smooth stones of the ravines is your portion— there they are as your lot. To them you have poured out drink offerings; you have brought grain offerings. Should I be lenient over such things? <a href="/msb/isaiah/57.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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? <a href="/net/isaiah/57.htm">NET Bible</a> Among the smooth stones of the stream are the idols you love; they, they are the object of your devotion. You pour out liquid offerings to them, you make an offering. Because of these things I will seek vengeance. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/57.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, they are your lot; you have even poured a drink offering to them. You have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things? <a href="/wbt/isaiah/57.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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? <a href="/web/isaiah/57.htm">World English Bible</a> Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion. They, they are your lot. You have even poured a drink offering to them. You have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/57.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Your portion [is] among the smooth things of a brook, "" They [are] your lot, "" You have also poured out an oblation to them, "" You have caused a present to ascend, "" Am I comforted in these things? <a href="/ylt/isaiah/57.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Among the smooth things of a brook is thy portion, They -- they are thy lot, Also to them thou hast poured out an oblation, Thou hast caused a present to ascend, For these things am I comforted? <a href="/slt/isaiah/57.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> In the smoothnesses of the torrent they thy portion, they thy lot; also to them thou didst pour out a libation, thou didst bring up a gift Shall I be comforted with these?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/57.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> In the parts of the torrent is thy portion, this is thy lot: and thou hast poured out libations to them, thou hast offered sacrifice. Shall I not be angry at these things? <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/57.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Your portion is in the currents of the torrent; this is your lot! And you yourselves have poured out libations to them; you have offered sacrifice. Should I not be angry over these things? <a href="/nabre/isaiah/57.htm">New American Bible</a> Among the smooth stones of the wadi is your portion, they, they are your allotment; Indeed, you poured out a drink offering to them, and brought up grain offerings. With these things, should I be appeased? <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/57.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, they, are your lot; to them you have poured out a drink offering, you have brought a grain offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/57.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Your portion and your heritage is in the parts of the valleys; even upon them you have poured a drink offering, you have offered meal offerings. Should I receive comfort in these things? <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/57.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Your portion and your inheritance is with the part of the valleys, also upon them you poured out drink offerings and you sacrificed gifts. Shall I be comforted for these things?<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/57.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Among the smooth stones of the valley is thy portion; They, they are thy lot; Even to them hast thou poured a drink-offering, Thou hast offered a meal-offering. Should I pacify Myself for these things? <a href="/sep/isaiah/57.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> That is thy portion, this is thy lot: and to them hast thou poured forth drink-offerings, and to these hast thou offered meat-offerings. Shall I not therefore be angry for these things? <a href="/parallel/isaiah/57-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=12614" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/57.htm">God Condemns Idolatry</a> …5who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? 6<a href="/hebrew/2506.htm" title="2506: ḥel·qêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- Portion, tract, territory. From chalaq; properly, smoothness; also an allotment.">Your portion</a> <a href="/hebrew/2511.htm" title="2511: bə·ḥal·lə·qê- (Prep-b:: Adj-mpc) -- Smooth. From chalaq; smooth.">is among the smooth stones</a> <a href="/hebrew/5158.htm" title="5158: na·ḥal (N-ms) -- Or nachlah; or nachalah; from nachal in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; a valley; also a shaft.">of the valley;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">indeed, they</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1486.htm" title="1486: gō·w·rā·lêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- Or goral; from an unused root meaning to be rough; properly, a pebble, i.e. A lot; figuratively, a portion or destiny.">are your lot.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">Even</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- ">to them</a> <a href="/hebrew/8210.htm" title="8210: šā·p̄aḵt (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To pour out, pour. A primitive root; to spill forth; also to expend; intensively, to sprawl out.">you have poured out</a> <a href="/hebrew/5262.htm" title="5262: ne·seḵ (N-ms) -- A libation, a cast idol. Or necek; from nacak; a libation; also a cast idol.">a drink offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: he·‘ĕ·lîṯ (V-Hifil-Perf-2fs) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">and offered</a> <a href="/hebrew/4503.htm" title="4503: min·ḥāh (N-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. Bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering.">a grain offering.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5162.htm" title="5162: ’en·nā·ḥêm (V-Nifal-Imperf-1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. Breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. to pity, console or rue; or to avenge.">Should I relent</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ha·‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">because of</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these?</a> 7On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/3-9.htm">Jeremiah 3:9</a> Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees. <a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15-22</a> But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking. / 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! / You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself. ... <a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12-14</a> My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. / 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. / I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin. <a href="/2_kings/23-10.htm">2 Kings 23:10</a> He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech. <a href="/psalms/106-37.htm">Psalm 106:37-38</a> They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. / They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-21</a> 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. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-17.htm">Deuteronomy 32:17</a> They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear. <a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7</a> They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’ <a href="/2_chronicles/28-3.htm">2 Chronicles 28:3</a> Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. <a href="/2_kings/17-17.htm">2 Kings 17:17</a> They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. <a href="/ezekiel/20-28.htm">Ezekiel 20:28-29</a> 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. / So I asked them: ‘What is this high place to which you go?’ (And to this day it is called Bamah.) <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a> They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. <a href="/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31</a> They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind. <a href="/2_kings/21-6.htm">2 Kings 21:6</a> He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. <a href="/2_kings/16-3.htm">2 Kings 16:3</a> Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Among the smooth stones of the stream is your portion; they, they are your lot: even to them have you poured a drink offering, you have offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?the smooth<a href="/jeremiah/3-9.htm">Jeremiah 3:9</a> And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.<a href="/habakkuk/2-19.htm">Habakkuk 2:19</a> Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.to them<a href="/isaiah/65-11.htm">Isaiah 65:11</a> But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-37.htm">Deuteronomy 32:37,38</a> And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, … <a href="/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18</a> The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.should<a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Isaiah 66:3</a> He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.<a href="/ezekiel/20-39.htm">Ezekiel 20:39</a> As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/6-35.htm">Appeased</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-10.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-12.htm">Brook</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-9.htm">Cereal</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-9.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-11.htm">Comforted</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-12.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-13.htm">Drink-Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-23.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-17.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-17.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-8.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-23.htm">Meal-Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-9.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-9.htm">Meat-Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-23.htm">Oblation</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-6.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-4.htm">Overlooked</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-14.htm">Pacify</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-12.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/job/41-1.htm">Possible</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-12.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-21.htm">Present</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-7.htm">Ravine</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Ravines</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-24.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/psalms/90-13.htm">Relent</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-13.htm">Smooth</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-12.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-2.htm">Stream</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-28.htm">Torrent</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-4.htm">Valley</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/5-13.htm">Appeased</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-7.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-18.htm">Brook</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-14.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Cereal</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-18.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-13.htm">Comforted</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-16.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-11.htm">Drink-Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-8.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-14.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-5.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-25.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-12.htm">Meal-Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-8.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-13.htm">Meat-Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Oblation</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-7.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-7.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/acts/6-1.htm">Overlooked</a> <a href="/genesis/32-20.htm">Pacify</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-32.htm">Possible</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-6.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-12.htm">Present</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-8.htm">Ravine</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-3.htm">Ravines</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-28.htm">Relent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-31.htm">Smooth</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-17.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-19.htm">Stream</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-2.htm">Torrent</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-14.htm">Valley</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 57</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/57-1.htm">The blessed death of the righteous</a> 3. <a href="/isaiah/57-3.htm">God reproves the People for their idolatry</a> 13. <a href="/isaiah/57-13.htm">He gives promises of mercy to the penitent</a> </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'; 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In ancient Israel, valleys were often sites of idolatrous worship, particularly in the context of Canaanite religion. The "smooth stones" may refer to stones used in pagan rituals, possibly linked to the worship of deities like Baal or Asherah. These stones were often considered sacred and were used as altars or idols. The Israelites were warned against adopting such practices (<a href="/deuteronomy/12-2.htm">Deuteronomy 12:2-3</a>). The use of "portion" suggests a chosen inheritance or destiny, indicating that the people have chosen idolatry over their covenant with God.indeed, they are your lot. The term "lot" implies a divinely assigned inheritance, often used in the context of the Promised Land (<a href="/joshua/14-2.htm">Joshua 14:2</a>). Here, it is used ironically to indicate that the people have chosen a fate tied to idolatry rather than the blessings of God. This choice reflects a spiritual adultery, as they have forsaken their divine inheritance for pagan practices.Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Drink and grain offerings were part of the sacrificial system ordained by God (<a href="/leviticus/23-13.htm">Leviticus 23:13</a>). However, offering them to idols was a direct violation of the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>). This phrase highlights the syncretism and apostasy of the people, as they have taken elements of true worship and corrupted them by offering them to false gods. This act of idolatry is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature, where God condemns the mixing of pagan practices with His worship (<a href="/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Jeremiah 7:18</a>).Should I relent because of these? This rhetorical question underscores God's justice and the seriousness of idolatry. It implies that God cannot overlook such blatant disobedience and betrayal. The question challenges the people to consider the gravity of their actions and the inevitable consequences. It echoes the warnings given by other prophets, such as in <a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30</a>, where God calls for repentance to avoid judgment. The question also reflects God's character as both just and merciful, emphasizing that while He desires repentance, He cannot ignore unrepentant sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book that bears his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah during a time of moral and spiritual decline. 2. <a href="/topical/s/smooth_stones_of_the_valley.htm">Smooth Stones of the Valley</a> These stones symbolize the idols or false gods that the Israelites were worshiping. In ancient Near Eastern culture, stones were often used as objects of worship or as altars. 3. <a href="/topical/d/drink_offerings_and_grain_offerings.htm">Drink Offerings and Grain Offerings</a> These were types of sacrifices made to deities. In the context of <a href="/isaiah/57-6.htm">Isaiah 57:6</a>, they represent the Israelites' misplaced devotion to idols instead of the one true God. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_valley.htm">The Valley</a> This could refer to a literal valley where idol worship took place, or metaphorically, it represents a low point in Israel's spiritual state. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god's_reluctance_to_relent.htm">God's Reluctance to Relent</a> This highlights God's righteous judgment and His call for repentance. Despite the people's idolatry, God questions whether He should forgive them without genuine repentance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/i/idolatry_in_modern_times.htm">Idolatry in Modern Times</a> While we may not worship physical idols, anything that takes precedence over God in our lives can become an idol. Reflect on what "smooth stones" might exist in your life today. <a href="/topical/t/true_worship.htm">True Worship</a> God desires sincere worship and devotion. Evaluate your spiritual practices to ensure they are directed toward God and not empty rituals. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_forgiveness.htm">Repentance and Forgiveness</a> God is willing to forgive, but He seeks genuine repentance. Consider areas in your life where you need to turn back to God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a> Understand that God's reluctance to relent is not due to a lack of mercy but a call to holiness and righteousness. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_faithfulness.htm">Covenant Faithfulness</a> Reflect on the importance of remaining faithful to God's covenant, as the Israelites were called to do.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_57.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 57</a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_five_stones.htm">What are the five smooth stones in the story?</a> <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> <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> <a href="/q/where's_the_proof_of_isaiah_59's_collapse.htm">Historically and archaeologically, where is the proof of a widespread moral collapse as described in Isaiah 59?</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>(6) Among the smooth stones . . .--The worship of stones was almost as widely diffused as that of trees and serpents. In <a href="/genesis/28-18.htm" title="And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.">Genesis 28:18</a> we have, at least, an analogous practice, which might easily become identical. Among the Ph?nicians such stones were known as B?tulia (probably a Grecised form of Bethel), and were connected with the worship of the reproductive powers of nature. As the true portion of Israel was emphatically Jehovah (<a href="/jeremiah/10-16.htm" title="The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.">Jeremiah 10:16</a>; <a href="/psalms/16-5.htm" title="The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: you maintain my lot.">Psalm 16:5</a>) there is an indignant irony in the word thus used. The idolaters had chosen a fetish instead of the Eternal One. In thy portion, we have the feminine singular, designating Israel as the faithless wife.Should I receive comfort in these?--i.e., better, Should I be quiet in spite of all this? (Comp. <a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm" title="How shall I pardon you for this? your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.">Jeremiah 5:7</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/57.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion. Smooth stones, rounded by water-action, were among the objects worshipped by many Semitic peoples. Such stones were called βαίτυλοι or βαιτύλια - Bethels, or "houses of God " - and received libations of oil and wine from their worshippers (see <a href="/genesis/28-18.htm">Genesis 28:18</a>; and comp. Herod., 3:8; Arnob., 'Adv. Gentes,' 1:39; Lucian, 'Pseudomant.,' p. 30; Apul., p. 349; etc.). Stones of this kind, the prophet says, had now become "the portion" of Israel, instead of Jehovah (<a href="/psalms/119-57.htm">Psalm 119:57</a>; comp. <a href="/psalms/16-5.htm">Psalm 16:5</a>). To such objects they offered their "meat offerings" and "drink offerings." Should I receive comfort in these? Can I, Jehovah, be comforted, when my people indulge in such practices? <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/57-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Among the smooth [stones] בְּחַלְּקֵי־ (bə·ḥal·lə·qê-) Preposition-b | Adjective - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2511.htm">Strong's 2511: </a> Smooth of the valley נַ֣חַל (na·ḥal) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5158.htm">Strong's 5158: </a> A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft [is] your portion; חֶלְקֵ֔ךְ (ḥel·qêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2506.htm">Strong's 2506: </a> Portion, tract, territory indeed, they הֵ֥ם (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They are your lot. גּוֹרָלֵ֑ךְ (gō·w·rā·lêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1486.htm">Strong's 1486: </a> Lot -- a lot (for casting) Even גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and to them you have לָהֶ֞ם (lā·hem) Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They poured out שָׁפַ֥כְתְּ (šā·p̄aḵt) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8210.htm">Strong's 8210: </a> To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out a drink offering, נֶ֙סֶךְ֙ (ne·seḵ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5262.htm">Strong's 5262: </a> A libation, a cast idol you have offered הֶעֱלִ֣ית (he·‘ĕ·lîṯ) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively a grain offering. מִנְחָ֔ה (min·ḥāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4503.htm">Strong's 4503: </a> A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering Should I relent אֶנָּחֵֽם׃ (’en·nā·ḥêm) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5162.htm">Strong's 5162: </a> To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge because of הַ֥עַל (ha·‘al) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against these? אֵ֖לֶּה (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> These, those <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/57-6.htm">Isaiah 57:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/57-6.htm">Isaiah 57:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/57-6.htm">Isaiah 57:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/57-6.htm">Isaiah 57:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/57-6.htm">Isaiah 57:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/57-6.htm">Isaiah 57:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/57-6.htm">Isaiah 57:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/57-6.htm">Isaiah 57:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/57-6.htm">Isaiah 57:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/57-6.htm">Isaiah 57:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-6.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 57:6 Among the smooth stones of the valley (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 57:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 57:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/57-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 57:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 57:7" /></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>