And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
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Gill's Exposition
And satest upon a stately bed,.... Or honourable (g), a bed of state: either a throne, a royal seat under a canopy, on which the king of Judah sat to receive foreign ambassadors; or a stately bed at a…
The figure is that of a woman decked in all her beauty, sitting on a couch (not bed) at a banquet prepared for those whom she has invited. This further offence is not one of idolatry, but that of…
Adam Clarke
And satest upon a stately bed - Hast raised a stately altar to thy idols; probably alluding to that which Ahaz ordered to be made, after the similitude of that which he saw at Damascus. The bed here…
Jerusalem stands indicted by the name of Aholibah, for that she, as a false traitor to her sovereign Lord the God of heaven, not having his fear before her eyes, but moved by the instigation of the…
Cambridge Bible
a table prepared i.e. spread.
hast set mine incense didst set. The words indicate that service of other gods is referred to under the figure of the harlot's entertainment.
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