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Isaiah 57:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Isaiah 57:5

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3 “But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes.

4 Whom do you mock? Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out your tongue? Aren’t you children of disobedience and offspring of falsehood,

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

6 Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion. They, they are your lot. You have even poured a drink offering to them. You have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?

7 On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.

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Hosea 4:13

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"For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen."

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2 Kings 19:23

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"By your messengers, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots, I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon, and I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees; and I will enter into his farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful field."

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Jeremiah 21:13

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"Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain,’ says the LORD. ‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?” or, “Who would enter into our homes?”"

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Ezekiel 16:20

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"“‘“Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and you have sacrificed these to them to be devoured. Was your prostitution a small matter,"

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2 Kings 16:3-4

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"But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel."

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From This Chapter

Isaiah 57:1

"The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil."

Isaiah 57:2

"He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness."

Isaiah 57:3

"“But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes."

Isaiah 57:4

"Whom do you mock? Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out your tongue? Aren’t you children of disobedience and offspring of falsehood,"

Isaiah 57:6

"Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion. They, they are your lot. You have even poured a drink offering to them. You have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?"

Isaiah 57:7

"On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice."

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