Isaias 57:7
Upon a high and lofty mountain thou hast laid thy bed, and hast gone up thither to offer victims.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Super montem excelsum et sublimem posuisti cubile tuum, et illuc ascendisti ut immolares hostias.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐπ᾽ ὄρος ὑψηλὸν καὶ μετέωρον, ἐκεῖ σου ἡ κοίτη, καὶ ἐκεὶ ἀνεβίβασας θυσίας·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- עַ֤ל הַר גָּבֹ֨הַּ֙ וְנִשָּׂ֔א שַׂ֖מְתְּ מִשְׁכָּבֵ֑ךְ גַּם שָׁ֥ם עָלִ֖ית לִזְבֹּ֥חַ זָֽבַח
Haydock's commentary
Bed, like a shameless prostitute. The idols are generally represented in this light, as corrupting God's people. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor, Chapter XII. Continuation: with Texts from Scripture
What means a fast, then? “Lo, this is the fast which I have chosen, saith the Lord. Loose every band of wickedness. Dissolve the knots of oppressive contracts. Let the oppressed go free, and tear every unjust bond. Break thy bread to the hungry; and lead the houseless poor into thy house. If thou see the naked cover him.” About sacrifices too: “To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? saith the Lord. I am full of burnt-offerings and of rams; and the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and kids I do not wish; nor that ye should come to appear before me. Who hath required this at your hands? You shall no more tread my court. If ye bring fine flour, the vain oblation is an abomination to me. …