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Isaiah 57:5

who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

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ASV

ye that inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַנֵּֽחָמִים֙ha.ne.cha.Mimwho inflame yourselvesH2552 →
בָּֽאֵלִ֔יםba.'e.Limamong the oaksH352 →
תַּ֖חַתTa.chatunderH8478 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
עֵ֣ץ'etztreeH6086 →
רַעֲנָ֑ןra.'a.NanluxuriantH7488 →
שֹׁחֲטֵ֤יsho.cha.Tei[who] slaughterH7819 →
הַיְלָדִים֙hay.la.Dim<of the> childrenH3206 →
בַּנְּחָלִ֔יםba.ne.cha.Limin the wadisH5158 →
תַּ֖חַתTa.chatunderH8478 →
סְעִפֵ֥יse.'i.Fei[the] clefts ofH5585 →
הַסְּלָעִֽים׃ha.se.la.'Imthe cliffsH5553 →

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Ezekiel 16:20You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?2 Kings 16:3–4Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.Isaiah 1:29Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.2 Kings 23:10He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.Jeremiah 7:31They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.Leviticus 18:21You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.Jeremiah 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.Jeremiah 3:13Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.Psalms 106:37They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.Ezekiel 6:13Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.2 Chronicles 28:3Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.Revelation 18:3All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”Jeremiah 17:2Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.Exodus 32:6So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.Numbers 25:6Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.Amos 2:7–8They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.2 Kings 17:10They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.Hosea 7:4–7They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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