Isaiah 57:7 “On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up…”

Isaiah 57:7

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither didst thou go 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.

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

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

Ezekiel 16:16 Ezekiel 23:41 Jeremiah 2:20 Ezekiel 16:25 Jeremiah 3:2 Ezekiel 23:17

Ezekiel 16:16 · BSB

You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!

Ezekiel 23:41 · BSB

You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,

Jeremiah 2:20 · BSB

“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

Ezekiel 16:25 · BSB

At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.

Jeremiah 3:2 · BSB

“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your…

Ezekiel 23:17 · BSB

Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. But after she had been defiled by them, she turned away in disgust.

Also

Jeremiah 3:6

Jeremiah 3:6 · BSB

Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?

8Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.

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