Isaiah 57:6

Among the smooth things of the river valley are the things that have been assigned to you. They are the object of your devotion. 1 You pour out your drink offering to them and raise up a grain offering. In these things should I take pleasure? 1

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

5You heat yourselves up sleeping together under the oaks, under every green tree, 1 you who kill your children in the dry riverbeds, under the rocky overhangs. 1

7You prepared your bed on a high mountain; 1 you also went up there to offer sacrifices. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:37Then he will say, “Where are their gods, 1 the rock in whom they took refuge?— 1

Isaiah 66:3He who slaughters an ox also murders a man; he who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog's neck; 1 he who offers a grain offering offers swine's blood; he who offers a memorial of incense also blesses wickedness. 1 They have chosen their own ways, and they take pleasure in their abominations. 1

Jeremiah 5:9So should I not punish them—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 and should I not avenge myself on a nation that is like this? 1

Jeremiah 7:18The children are gathering wood and the fathers kindling the fire! The women are kneading dough to make cakes for the queen of the heavens and pour out drink offerings for other gods so that they will provoke me.

Jeremiah 19:13so the houses of Jerusalem and of the kings of Judah will become like Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops the unclean people worship all the stars of the heavens and pour out drink offerings to other gods.'”

Jeremiah 44:17For we will certainly do all the things that we said we would do—burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders did in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. Then we will be filled with food and will prosper, without experiencing any disaster.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:4-13

A Charge against the People. ( b. c. 706.) 3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. 4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, 5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? 6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou… Read the whole commentary →

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