you who burn with lust among (A)the oaks,[a]
    under every green tree,
(B)who slaughter your children in the valleys,
    under the clefts of the rocks?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:5 Or among the terebinths

You burn with lust among the oaks(A)
    and under every spreading tree;(B)
you sacrifice your children(C) in the ravines
    and under the overhanging crags.

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Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?

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Among the smooth stones of (A)the valley is your portion;
    they, they, are your lot;
to them you have poured out a drink offering,
    you have brought a grain offering.
    Shall I relent for these things?

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The idols(A) among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion;
    indeed, they are your lot.
Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings(B)
    and offered grain offerings.
    In view of all this, should I relent?(C)

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Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?

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