Isaiah 57:5-7

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Who inflame yourselves among the ^(a)^(A)oaks,
^(B)Under every luxuriant tree,
Who ^(C)slaughter the children in the ^(b)ravines,
Under the clefts of the crags?

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“Among the ^(c)^(D)smooth stones of the ^(d)ravine
Is your portion, ^(e)they are your lot;
Even to them you have ^(E)poured out a drink offering,
You have made a grain offering.
Shall I ^(f)^(F)relent concerning these things?

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“Upon a ^(G)high and lofty mountain
You have ^(H)made your bed.
You also went up there to offer sacrifice.

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 57:5: ['Or ', terebinths]

b. Isaiah 57:5: ['Or ', wadis]

c. Isaiah 57:6: ['I.e. symbols of fertility gods']

d. Isaiah 57:6: ['Or ', wadi]

e. Isaiah 57:6: ['Lit ', they, they]

f. Isaiah 57:6: ['Or ', repent]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 57:5: Isaiah 1:29

B. Isaiah 57:5: Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 3:13

C. Isaiah 57:5: Psalm 106:37; Psalm 106:38; Jeremiah 7:31

D. Isaiah 57:6: Jeremiah 3:9; Habakkuk 2:19

E. Isaiah 57:6: Jeremiah 7:18

F. Isaiah 57:6: Jeremiah 5:9; Jeremiah 5:29; Jeremiah 9:9

G. Isaiah 57:7: Jeremiah 3:6; Ezekiel 16:16

H. Isaiah 57:7: Ezekiel 23:41