17 I have perfumed my bed
With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

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All Your garments are (A)scented with myrrh and aloes and cassia,
Out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made You glad.

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“On(A) a lofty and high mountain
You have set (B)your bed;
Even there you went up
To offer sacrifice.
Also behind the doors and their posts
You have set up your remembrance;
For you have uncovered yourself to those other than Me,
And have gone up to them;
You have enlarged your bed
And [a]made a covenant with them;
(C)You have loved their bed,
Where you saw their [b]nudity.
(D)You went to the king with ointment,
And increased your perfumes;
You sent your (E)messengers far off,
And even descended to Sheol.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:8 Lit. cut
  2. Isaiah 57:8 Lit. hand, a euphemism

23 “Also take for yourself (A)quality spices—five hundred shekels of liquid (B)myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fifty shekels), two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling (C)cane,

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