OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 9

Isaiah 57:9

World English Bible Updated

You went to the king with oil,

increased your perfumes,

sent your ambassadors far off,

and degraded yourself even to Sheol.

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Isaiah 57:9 in context

Isaiah 57:6–12

6

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?

7

On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed.

You also went up there to offer sacrifice.

8

You have set up your memorial behind the doors and the posts,

for you have exposed yourself to someone besides me,

and have gone up.

You have enlarged your bed

and made a covenant for yourself with them.

You loved what you saw on their bed.

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You went to the king with oil,

increased your perfumes,

sent your ambassadors far off,

and degraded yourself even to Sheol.

10

You were wearied with the length of your ways;

yet you didn’t say, ‘It is in vain.’

You found a reviving of your strength;

therefore you weren’t faint.

11

“Whom have you dreaded and feared,

so that you lie,

and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart?

Haven’t I held my peace for a long time,

and you don’t fear me?

12

I will declare your righteousness;

and as for your works, they will not benefit you.

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  1. Sheol is the place of the dead.

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