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Verse Isaiah 57:9. _AND THOU WENTEST TO THE KING WITH OINTMENT_ - "And
thou hast visited the king with a present of oil"] That is, the king
of Assyria, or Egypt. Hosea, Hosea 12:1, reproaches the Isra...
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AND THOU WENTEST TO THE KING - Margin, ‘Respectedst.’ Jerome
renders this, ‘Thou hast adorned thyself with royal ointment, and
hast multiplied thy painting; and evidently understands it as a
continuan...
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Chapter s 56:9-57:14 must be read continuously.
CHAPTER S 56:9-57:21
The Condition of the Apostate Nation and the two Classes
1. _The condition of the shepherds of Israel (Isaiah 56:9) _ 2.
_Apostat...
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AN INVECTIVE AGAINST THE PRO-SAMARITANS. Yahweh turns now bitterly to
upbraid the pro-Samaritan party in the community, among whom
flourished many of the primitive Palestinian religious practices. To...
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THE KING. Or, the idol, as in Isaiah 30:33; 1 Kings 11:7.
HELL. Hebrew. _Sheol._ App-35....
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Isaiah 56:9 to Isaiah 57:21. A Protest against the Unworthy Shepherds
of God's Flock, and the arrogant Heathenism by which it is threatened;
followed by a Message of Consolation to True Israelites
Th...
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Invective against an idolatrous party. With regard to the reference of
this obscure and difficult passage the following points have to be
noticed: (1) The scenery of Isaiah 57:5 is unmistakeably Pales...
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Pilgrimages and deputations to the shrines of foreign deities form a
fitting conclusion to the enumeration of their idolatries. Another
view taken of the verse is that it refers to political embassies...
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AND THOU WENTEST TO THE KING WITH OINTMENT— According to the
interpretation which we have heretofore given, the king of mystical
Babylon, or the Pope, must be meant, to whom the particulars in this
ve...
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2. SENSUALITY
TEXT: Isaiah 57:6-10
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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. Sha...
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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 unto hell.
AND THOU WENTEST TO THE KING - the idol...
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2. The peace of the grave is better than the condition of unrest under
their rulers (Isaiah 57:1).
SHALL ENTER.. SHALL REST] RV 'entereth.. rest.'
3, 5. SONS, etc.] i.e. descendants, perpetuating the...
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The figure is that of a woman trying to attract admirers. Judah had
coquetted with foreign kings, especially with the king of Assyria (2
Kings 16:7; 2 Kings 16:10). Or perhaps for the king we should r...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 57
GOD’S LOYAL PEOPLE MAY SUFFER
V1 Sometimes good people die young. So do some holy p...
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THOU WENTEST TO THE KING... — The alteration of a single letter
would give _to Molech;_ and this may be the meaning even of the text
as it stands. Looking to the Manasseh-surroundings of the passage,...
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וַ תָּשֻׁ֤רִי לַ † מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ בַּ †...
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CHAPTER XXIII
THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE
Isaiah 56:9; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:1
IT was inevitable, as so
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NO PEACE TO THE WICKED
Isaiah 57:1-21
A terrible portrayal is given here of the idolatries and impurities
into which the Chosen People had fallen. These scenes under “the
oaks” (r.v.) and in the vall...
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Because of the failure of these blind watchmen and drunken leaders,
righteous men perish, while none lay it to heart. Moreover, the people
have yielded to the evil influences of such leaders; "sons of...
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And thou wentest (k) to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy
perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase
[thyself even] to hell.
(k) You sought the favour of the Assyr...
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_King. Moloc, or (Calmet) any foreign king, of whose alliance God did
not approve. (Theodoret) --- To please them, the true religion was
adulterated._...
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What a change is here! Oh! the awfulness of an unawakened,
unregenerated nature! What a sad thought is it, that from generation
to generation, the deadly seeds of sin thus bring forth, and blossom,
an...
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9._And thou wentest to the king with ointment. _Here the Prophet
censures another vice closely allied to the former; for ungodliness
begets various errors, and leads into grievous and intricate
distre...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 55, 56, AND 57.
Chapter s 55, 56, 57 are exhortations given in view of these things.
Chapter 55 is full free grace, which consequently embraces the
Gentiles....
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AND THOU WENTEST TO THE KING WITH OINTMENT,.... To the kings of the
earth, the singular for the plural, with whom the whore of Rome has
committed fornication or idolatry, in allusion to harlots, who,...
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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] unto hell.
Ver. 9. _And thou wentest to the king._]...
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_Thou wentest to the king_, &c. That is, the king of Assyria or Egypt,
to whom the Israelites were very prone to seek, and trust, and send
presents. Hosea reproaches the Israelites for the same practi...
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JEHOVAH REJECTS ALL IDOLATERS...
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And thou wentest to the king with ointment and didst increase thy
perfumes, playing the coquette with the world-power because she doubts
the ability of the Lord to help her, AND DIDST SEND THY MESSENG...
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THOU WENTEST TO THE KING:
Or, thou respectedst the King...
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3-12 The Lord here calls apostates and hypocrites to appear before
him. When reproved for their sins, and threatened with judgments, they
ridiculed the word of God. The Jews were guilty of idolatry b...
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THOU WENTEST, either by thyself, or by thy messengers, as it follows.
Or, _thou didst look_, to wit, earnestly, with expectation and
vehement affection. TO THE KING; either to Moloch, which was as it...
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THE PRESENT BEHAVIOUR OF THE GODLESS; THE PEOPLE BECOME LIKE THE
LEADERS THAT THEY SUPPORT (ISAIAH 57:3).
There now follows a description of the backsliding of the people into
idolatry and the occult....
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HELL
Hebrew, "Sheol,"
(_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...
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A lament for the death of the righteous many of them put to death by
persecution.
Isaiah 57:1. _The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart:
and merciful men are taken away, none consideri...
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CONTENTS: Further ethical instructions. Sins of the people denounced.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: God is justly displeased when the voice of His rod is not
heard, much more, when sin and idolatry a...
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Isaiah 57:1. _The righteous perisheth._ This was written as a tribute,
it would seem, to the memory of king Hezekiah, who was recently called
from an earthly to a heavenly crown. He entered into peace...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 57:9 Idolatry also involved futile political
alliances with foreign powers (see Isaiah 30:1; Isaiah 31:
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 57:1, ISAIAH 57:2
THE EARLY DEATH OF RIGHTEOUS MEN ACCOUNTED FOR. The Hebrews were given
to expec
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The righteous man perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful
men are taken away, and none is considering that the righteous is
taken away from the evil to come (Isaiah 57:1).
There are many w...
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2 Kings 16:7; Colossians 2:18; Ezekiel 16:33; Ezekiel 23:16; Hose
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The King — The king of Assyria, called the king by way of eminency,
to whom the Israelites in the days of Isaiah were very prone to trust,
and send presents. And so the prophet passes from their idola...