Isaiah 57:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ You journeyed to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away and sent them down to Sheol.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And you went to the king [of foreign lands with gifts] or to Molech [the god] with oil and increased your perfumes and ointments; you sent your messengers far off and debased yourself even to Sheol (Hades) [symbol of an abysmal depth of degradation].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ 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.

Common English Bible

⁹ You went down to Molech with oil, and you slathered on your ointments; you sent your messengers far away, sent them down to the underworld.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And you have adorned yourself for the king with ointments, and you have increased your cosmetics. You have sent your representatives to distant places, and you have debased yourself all the way to Hell.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And thou hast adorned thyself for the king with ointment and hast multiplied thy perfumes. Thou hast sent thy messengers far off and wast debased even to hell.

Isaiah 57:9 Cross References

Proverbs 7:17

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Isaiah 2:9

And so people are humbled, and everyone is brought low— [[do not forgive them!

Ezekiel 16:33

Gifts are given to all prostitutes, but you gave your gifts to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from all around for your prostitutions.

Ezekiel 23:16

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

Ezekiel 23:40

They even sent for men to come from far away, to whom a messenger was sent, and they came. For them you bathed yourself, painted your eyes, and decked yourself with ornaments;

Daniel 11:36

“The king shall act as he pleases. He shall exalt himself and consider himself greater than any god and shall speak horrendous things against the God of gods. He shall prosper until the period of wrath is completed, for what is determined shall be done.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim herds the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a treaty with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

Hosea 7:11

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

Colossians 2:18

Do not let anyone disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, initiatory visions, puffed up without cause by a human way of thinking,