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Isaiah 57:9
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9 You approached the king with oil,
    having lavished your body with perfumes.
You sent forth your procurers far and wide,
    even to the depths of Sheol.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 57:9 If there is a play on the Hebrew word melek, Molech is perhaps the king (see 2 Ki 23:10); the second part of the verse alludes to the worship of underworld divinities or of the dead.
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Isaiah 57:9
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9 You went to Molek[a](A) with olive oil
    and increased your perfumes.(B)
You sent your ambassadors[b](C) far away;
    you descended to the very realm of the dead!(D)

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  1. Isaiah 57:9 Or to the king
  2. Isaiah 57:9 Or idols
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Isaiah 57:9
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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.

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