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Isaiah 57:8 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Isaiah 57:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Isaiah chapter 57 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. made: or, hewed it for thyself larger than theirs where: or, thou providedst room”
Isaiah 57:8 (KJV)
Commentary on Isaiah 57:8
This verse intensifies the adultery metaphor with shocking intimacy. "Behind the doors and posts" suggests secret, domestic idolatry—household gods and pagan symbols within private spaces (see Deuteronomy 6:9 for the ironic contrast of what should be on doorposts). The phrase "set up thy remembrance" (zikkaron) likely refers to pagan symbols that parodied the memorial tokens God commanded (Exodus 13:9, Deuteronomy 6:8-9). "Discovered thyself" uses the Hebrew gillah, a euphemism for sexual exposure, literally uncovering nakedness (Leviticus 18:6-19). "Enlarged thy bed" and "made a covenant with...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Isaiah 57:8
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“But as a wife that committeth adultery”
“and have made your beauty an abomination”
“there were two women”
“Son of man”
“with a table prepared before it”