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Isaiah 57:9

You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.

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ASV

And thou wentest to the king with oil, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, and didst debase thyself even unto Sheol.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתָּשֻׁ֤רִיva.ta.Shu.riand you journeyedH7788 →
לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙la.Me.lekhto the kingH4428 →
בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶןba.She.menwith <the> oilH8081 →
וַתַּרְבִּ֖יva.tar.Biand you increasedH7235 →
רִקֻּחָ֑יִךְri.ku.Cha.yikhperfumes yourH7547 →
וַתְּשַׁלְּחִ֤יva.te.sha.le.Chiand you sentH7971 →
צִרַ֙יךְ֙tzi.Raikhenvoys yourH6735 →
עַד־'ad-toH5704 →
מֵ֣רָחֹ֔קme.ra.Chokfrom a distanceH7350 →
וַתַּשְׁפִּ֖ילִיva.tash.Pi.liand you showed abasementH8213 →
עַד־'ad-toH5704 →
שְׁאֽוֹל׃she.'olSheolH7585 →

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Ezekiel 23:16At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.Esther 2:12In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.Matthew 26:7a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.Colossians 2:18Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.Isaiah 30:1–6“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.Isaiah 31:1–3Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.Ezekiel 23:40Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.Isaiah 30:4For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,Isaiah 3:24Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.2 Kings 16:7–11So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”Proverbs 7:17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.Hosea 12:1Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.Ezekiel 16:33Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.Hosea 7:11So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.Isaiah 2:9So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled—do not forgive them!Isaiah 30:6This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.Isaiah 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.Lamentations 5:6We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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