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Isaiah 57:8

King James Version (KJV)

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Isaiah 57:8

Verse 8 of 21

Scripture focus

Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered [thyself to another] than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee [a covenant] with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest [it].

Isaiah 57:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 57:8

Theological / Devotional

Thy remembrance. Or, “thy symbol,” possibly the phallic symbol commonly worshiped by the fertility cults (see Vol. II, pp. 38, 39). Israel had been commanded to write the words of God upon the posts and gates of their houses that they might the more readily remember their obligations to Him (Deut. 6:5-9 ; 11:13, 18-20, 22). Faithless Israel, however, had removed the Lord’s memorial and set up symbols of idolatry.

Discovered thyself. In forsaking the Lord and yielding herself to other masters Israel committed spiritual adultery (Isa. 1:21; Jer. 2:20; 3:1-14, 20; Eze. 16:15-35; 23:13-49; Hosea 1:2 ; 2:2-13).

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