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NASB | Isaiah 57:9 "You have journeyed to the king with oil And increased your perfumes; You have sent your envoys a great distance And made them go down to Sheol. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 57:9 "You have gone to the king [of a pagan land] with oil And increased your perfumes; You have sent your messengers a great distance And made them go down to Sheol (the realm of the dead). |
Bible Question: Greetings, In the NKJV it states that "you went to the king with ointment" yet in the NRSV it states that "you journeyed to Molech with oil". Molech is an Amorite god so he could not of been the king. Who did he go to the king or a god? prayon |
Bible Answer: Prayon, here's a comment that may help, taken from a footnote on this verse that appears in the Believer's Study Bible (Thomas Nelson): "The name 'Molech' is a transliteration of the Hebrew word 'melek,' which means 'king' and is translated that way in this verse." .... The subject, of course, of the first half of Isaiah 57 is Israel's futile idolatry, and in his footnote to 57:9 regarding the phrase "went to the king" John MacArthur says: "An example of this was Ahaz, who called on the king of Assyria for help and spared no expense in copying the idolatry of Assyria (2 Kings 16:7-18)."..... I think, Prayon, that it is easy for modern Christians to read these little stories of old times and say, "How interesting! Those ancient Hebrews must have been ungrateful degenerates the way they ignored God, especially in view of all the good things He did for them, and went chasing after idols. I'm sure glad Christians don't do foolish things like that!" .... Oh, but wait a minute! Re-run that last statement! Is it true? Have Christians learned their lesson, really? Are we not sometimes as foolish and as guilty of idolatry as the ancients ever were? --Hank |
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