Isaiah 57:5 “who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who sla…”

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?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Inflamed with idoles vnder euery greene tree? and sacrificing the children in the valleys vnder the tops of the rocks?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Who are inflamed among oaks, under every green tree, Slaughtering the children in valleys, Under clefts of the rocks.

Bible in Basic English

You who are burning with evil desire among the oaks, under every green tree; putting children to death in the valleys, under the cracks of the rocks?

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Cross references

“Inflaming”

Exodus 32:6 Numbers 25:6 Jeremiah 50:38 Jeremiah 51:7 Hosea 4:11–13 Hosea 7:4–7

Exodus 32:6 · BSB

So 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 25:6 · BSB

Just 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.

Jeremiah 50:38 · BSB

A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.

Jeremiah 51:7 · BSB

Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.

Hosea 4:11–13 · BSB

to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.

Hosea 7:4–7 · BSB

They 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.

“with idols”

Isaiah 1:29

Isaiah 1:29 · BSB

Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.

“under”

Jeremiah 2:20 Jeremiah 3:13 Deuteronomy 12:2 1 Kings 14:23 2 Kings 17:10 Jeremiah 17:2

Jeremiah 2:20 · BSB

“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 3:13 · BSB

Only 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.

Deuteronomy 12:2 · BSB

Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

1 Kings 14:23 · BSB

They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

2 Kings 17:10 · BSB

They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

Jeremiah 17:2 · BSB

Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.

“slaying”

Ezekiel 16:20 Leviticus 18:21 2 Kings 23:10 Jeremiah 7:31 Leviticus 20:2–5 2 Chronicles 28:3

Ezekiel 16:20 · BSB

You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?

Leviticus 18:21 · BSB

You 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.

2 Kings 23:10 · BSB

He 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 7:31 · BSB

They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.

Leviticus 20:2–5 · BSB

“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.

2 Chronicles 28:3 · BSB

Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

Also

Psalm 106:37–38

Psalm 106:37–38 · BSB

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,

6Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?

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