Isaiah 57:8
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance,.... The memorial of thine idols, as the Targum. As…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Behind the doors - In every part of their habitations - behind the doors and posts and beams of their houses, they had…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance "Behind the door, and the door-posts, hast thou set…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 57:3-12
We have here a high charge, but a just one no doubt, drawn up against that wicked generation out of which God's…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The first part of the verse seems to allude to some form of household idolatry. Many commentators explain the expression…
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