Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 57:5

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5. Enflaming yourselves —burning with lust towards idols [GESENIUS]; or else (compare Margin ), in the terebinth groves, which the Hebrew and the parallelism favor (see on :- ) [MAURER]. under . . . tree — ( :- ). The tree, as in the Assyrian sculptures, was probably made an idolatrous symbol of the heavenly hosts. slaying . . . children —as a sacrifice to Molech, c. ( 2 Kings 17:31 2 Chronicles 28:3 ; 2 Chronicles 33:6 ). in . . . valleys —the valley of the son of Hinnom. Fire was put within a hollow brazen statue, and the child was put in his heated arms; kettle drums ( Hebrew, toph ) were beaten to drown the child's cries; whence the valley was called Tophet ( 2 Chronicles 33:6 ; Jeremiah 7:3 ). under . . . clifts —the gloom of caverns suiting their dark superstitions. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-isa-57-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/isa-57-5

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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