Isaiah 57:5
Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 57
“Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?”Isaiah 57:5
What Does Isaiah 57:5 Mean?
Isaiah 57:5 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 57, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Idolatry.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Isaiah 57:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Kings 14:23“For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.”Isaiah 1:29“For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.”2 Kings 16:3“But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.”Ezekiel 16:20“Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,”Leviticus 18:21“And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.”2 Kings 17:10“And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:”2 Kings 23:10“And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.”Psalms 106:37“Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,”Jeremiah 2:20“For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.”Jeremiah 3:13“Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.”Jeremiah 7:31“And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.”Jeremiah 32:35“And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.”Ezekiel 6:13“Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.”Ezekiel 20:28“For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.”Exodus 32:6“And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.”Leviticus 20:2“Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.”Numbers 25:1“And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.”Numbers 25:6“And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.”Deuteronomy 12:2“Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:”2 Kings 16:4“And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.”
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