Isaiah 57:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Thou wentest to the king

Hosea 12:1

Perfumes

Proverbs 7:17

And didst debase

Isaiah 2:9

Colossians 2:18

Bible References

Thou wentest to the king

“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the Lord,
“Who execute a plan, but not Mine,
And

make an alliance, but not of My Spirit,

In order to add sin to sin;

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
And rely on horses,
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord!

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son; come up and deliver me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.”

Men give gifts to all harlots, but you give your gifts to all your lovers to bribe them to come to you from every direction for your harlotries.

When she saw them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without sense;
They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Ephraim feeds on wind,

And pursues the east wind continually;
He multiplies lies and violence.
Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria,
And oil is carried to Egypt.

Perfumes

“I have sprinkled my bed
With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.

And didst debase

So the common man has been humbled
And the man of importance has been abased,
But do not forgive them.

Let no one keep

defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen,

inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,