3 “And you, come near here, || O sons of a sorceress, seed of an adulterer, || Even you commit whoredom.

4 Against whom do you sport yourselves? Against whom do you enlarge the mouth || [And] prolong the tongue? Are you not children of transgression? A false seed?

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

6 Your portion [is] among the smooth things of a brook, || They [are] your lot, || You have also poured out an oblation to them, || You have caused a present to ascend, || Am I comforted in these things?

7 On a mountain, high and exalted, || You have set your bed, || You have also gone up there to make a sacrifice.

8 And behind the door, and the post, || You have set up your memorial, || For you have removed from Me, and go up, || You have enlarged your bed, || And cut [a covenant] with them, || You have loved their bed, the station you saw,

Isaiah 57:3-8, Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press.
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