Isaiah 57:8 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | ASV

And behind the doors and the posts hast thou set up thy memorial: for thou hast uncovered [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.

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Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

Behind the doors - In every part of their dwellings – behind the doors and posts and beams of their houses, they had erected the memorials o…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Hast thou set up thy remembrance ... —The noun has been commonly referred to the Mesusah, or memorial text, “

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century

Baptist

19th Century

Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. Behind the doors also and the posts hast…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

Behind the door. He elaborates extensively on the crime of which we have already spoken, so that the people may no longer flatter themselv…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

Behind the doors also and the posts have you set up your remembrance

The memorial of your idols, as the Targum. As…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

The Lord here calls apostates and hypocrites to appear before him. When reproved for their sins, and threatened with judgments, they ridiculed the …

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century

Catholic

13th Century

The just perishes. Here the prophet shows the difference between those who obey God’s counsels and those who do not, conc…

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