Chapter 57 – FAMILIA MUNDIAL
1 [6] Smooth stones: the Hebrew word for this expression has the same consonants as the word for «portion»; instead of making the Lord their portion (cf ⇒ Psalm 16:5), the people adored slabs of stone which they took from the streambeds in valleys and set up as idols; cf ⇒ Jeremiah 3:9. Therefore, it is implied, they will be swept away as by a sudden torrent of waters carrying them down the rocky-bottomed gorge to destruction and death without burial.
2 [9] The king: the pagan god Moloch. Ambassadors: children sent to him through a sacrificial death.
3 [12] Justice: here used ironically.
4 [13] All these: the wicked mentioned in ⇒ 57:3-10.