Isaiah 57:7

King James Version

Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Upon a mountain lofty and lifted upYou have made your bed.You also went up there to offer sacrifice.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Upon a high and lofty mountain You have made your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.

Bible in Basic English
You have put your bed on a high mountain: there you went up to make your offering.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou hast made thy bed vpon hye mountaynes, thou wentest vp thyther, and there thou hast slayne sacrifices.

Darby Translation
Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither didst thou go up to offer sacrifice.

New King James Version
"On a lofty and high mountain You have set your bed; Even there you went up To offer sacrifice.

Literal Translation
You have set your couch on a lofty and high mountain; yea, you went up there to sacrifice a sacrifice.

Easy-to-Read Version
You make your bed on every hill and high mountain. You go up to those places and offer sacrifices.

World English Bible
On a high and lofty mountain have you set your bed; there also you went up to offer sacrifice.

King James Version (1611)
Upon a loftie and high mountaine hast thou set thy bed: euen thither wentest thou vp to offer sacrifice.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou hast made thy bed vpon hie mountaynes, thou wentest vp thither, and there hast thou slayne sacrifices.

Amplified Bible
"Upon a high and lofty mountain You have [openly and shamelessly] made your [idolatrous and adulterous] bed; Even there you went up to offer sacrifice [to idols, in spiritual unfaithfulness to Me].

American Standard Version
Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

Update Bible Version
On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed; there also you went up to offer sacrifice.

Webster's Bible Translation
Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither thou wentest up to offer sacrifice.

New Century Version
You make your bed on every hill and mountain, and there you offer sacrifices.

New English Translation
On every high, elevated hill you prepare your bed; you go up there to offer sacrifices.

Contemporary English Version
You have spread out your beds on the tops of high mountains, where you sacrifice to idols.

Complete Jewish Bible
You set up your bed on a high, lofty mountain; you also went up there to offer sacrifices.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou hast made thy bed vpon a very hie mountaine: thou wentest vp thither, euen thither wentest thou to offer sacrifice.

George Lamsa Translation
Upon high and lofty mountains you have set your bed; even thither you went up to offer sacrifices.

Hebrew Names Version
On a high and lofty mountain have you set your bed; there also you went up to offer sacrifice.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

New Living Translation
You have committed adultery on every high mountain. There you have worshiped idols and have been unfaithful to me.

New Life Bible
You have made your bed on a high mountain. And you went up there to give your gifts in worship.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
On a lofty and high mountain, there is thy bed, and thither thou carriedst up thy meat-offerings:

English Revised Version
Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed: thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

Berean Standard Bible
On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.

New Revised Standard
Upon a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifice.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
On a mountain high and uplifted, hast thou set thy couch, - Even thither, hast thou gone up, to offer sacrifice;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Upon a high and lofty mountain thou hast laid thy bed, and hast gone up thither to offer victims.

Lexham English Bible
You have set your bed upon a high and lofty mountain; indeed, you went up there to slaughter sacrifice.

English Standard Version
On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifice.

New American Standard Bible
"On a high and lofty mountain You have made your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.

Good News Translation
You go to the high mountains to offer sacrifices and have sex.

Christian Standard Bible®
You have placed your bed on a high and lofty mountain; you also went up there to offer sacrifice.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou puttidist thi bed on an hiy hil and enhaunsid, and thidur thou stiedist to offre sacrifices;

Revised Standard Version
Upon a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed, and thither you went up to offer sacrifice.

Young's Literal Translation
On a mountain, high and exalted, Thou hast set thy couch, Also thither thou hast gone up to make a sacrifice.

Contextual Overview

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 poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these? ⁷ Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. ⁸ 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. ⁹ And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell. ¹⁰ Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved. ¹¹ And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? ¹² I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

Bible Verse Review
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Jeremiah 2:20, Jeremiah 3:2, Ezekiel 16:16, Ezekiel 16:25, Ezekiel 20:28, Ezekiel 20:29, Ezekiel 23:17, Ezekiel 23:41

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:3 - be ye terrified Proverbs 7:17 - perfumed Isaiah 65:7 - burned Jeremiah 2:33 - Why Jeremiah 3:6 - she is Jeremiah 13:27 - abominations Ezekiel 16:17 - and didst Ezekiel 16:24 - and hast Hosea 2:5 - I will Hosea 4:13 - sacrifice Amos 2:8 - by

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed,.... Temples and altars, which are usually built on high places, where they commit spiritual adultery; that is, idolatry, in imitation of the Heathens, who had their temples and altars on high places; and the idolatry of the church of Rome, in this context, is all along expressed in language agreeable to the Heathen idolatry, and in allusion to it. Some think this phrase denotes impudence in their idolatrous worship; for not content to worship under trees, in valleys, and under clifts of rocks, and such dark places; now, as not blushing at, or being ashamed of their actions, erect their altars in the most public places. Perhaps some reference may be had to the city of Rome itself, built on seven mountains, the seat of antichrist, and where the principal bed for idolatry is set up. The Targum is,

"on a high and lofty mountain thou hast the place of the house of thy dwelling;''

which agrees very well with the great city, the seat of the beast.

Even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice; the sacrifice of the mass, to do which the idolaters go to their high places, their temples, and to their high altars, and especially in the great city.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Upon a lofty and high mountain - The design of this verse and the following, is, to show the extent, the prevalence, the publicity, and the grossness of their idolatry. The language is that which would appropriately express adulterous intercourse, and is designed to show the abhorrence in which God held their conduct. The language is easy to be understood, and it would not be proper to go into an extended explanation of the phrases used. It is common in the Scriptures to compare idolatry among the people of God, with unfaithfulness to the marriage vow. The declaration that they had placed their bed on a high mountain, means, that in the rites of idolatrous worship, there was no concealment. It was public and shameless.