Isaiah 57:6

“Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion, &c.] Or thy god; but the portion of Jacob is not like them, stocks and stones, (<241016>Jeremiah 10:16 2:27). Whenever they could pick up smooth stones, and such as were fit for their purpose, whether in the stream of a brook, or in a valley, as the word also signifies, they polished and formed them into an image, and made gods of them; and these were their portion and inheritance, and which they left to their children. There is an elegant play on wordsf1124 in the Hebrew tongue, between the word for “smooth stones”, and that for a “portionf1125”, which cannot be expressed in our language: or, “in the smooth or slippery places of the…”

“The smooth stones, shaped as idols, are the gods chosen by thee as thy portion (Psa 16:5). meat offering--not a bloody sacrifice, but one of meal and flour mingled with oil. "Meat" in Old English meant food, not flesh, as it means now (Lev 14:10). Should I receive comfort--rather, "Shall I bear these things with patience?" [HORSLEY].”

“Among the smooth stones of the streams - In the original here, there is a paronomasia, which cannot be fully retained in our English version. There has been also considerable diversity of opinion in regard to the sense of the passage, from the ambiguity of the words in the original. Jerome (the Vulgate) renders it, In partibus torrentis pars tua - ‘Thy portion is in the parts of the torrent.’ The Septuagint translates it ‘This is thy portion; this is thy lot. The word rendered in our version, ‘smooth stones’ (חלק chēleq), means properly smoothness, hence, barrenness or bare place; and supposes that the idea is, their lot was in the bare places of the valley, that is, in the open (not…”

“Portion - Thou hast chosen for thy portion those idols, which were worshipped by the sides of brooks or rivers where such smooth stones commonly lie. They - Thou hast forsaken me and chosen idols. Offered - For the devil is God's ape, and idolaters used the same rites and offerings in the worship of idols which God had prescribed in his own. Comfort - Should I be pleased with such a people and such actions? Isaiah 57:7”

“57:6 Liquid offerings and grain offerings were believed to satisfy the basic needs of the gods and thus to earn their favor.”

“the smooth: Jer 3:9; Hab 2:19 to them: Isa 65:11; Deu 32:37, Deu 32:38; Jer 7:18, Jer 19:13, Jer 32:29, Jer 44:17-25 Should: Isa 66:3; Eze 20:39 Isaiah 57:7”