13 And you shall know that I am the Lord, (A)when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, (B)on every high hill, (C)on all the mountaintops, (D)under every green tree, and under (E)every leafy oak, wherever (F)they offered pleasing aroma to all their idols.

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28 For when I had brought them into the land that (A)I swore to give them, then wherever they saw (B)any high hill or any leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices and there they presented (C)the provocation of their offering; there they sent up their pleasing aromas, and there they poured out their drink offerings.

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13 (A)They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains
    and burn offerings on the hills,
(B)under oak, poplar, and terebinth,
    because their shade is good.
Therefore your daughters play the whore,
    and your brides commit adultery.

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20 “For long ago I (A)broke your yoke
    and burst your bonds;
    but you said, (B)‘I will not serve.’
Yes, (C)on every high hill
    and under every green tree
    you bowed down (D)like a whore.

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23 For they also built for themselves (A)high places (B)and pillars and (C)Asherim on every high hill and (D)under every green tree,

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(A)Your altars shall become desolate, and your (B)incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain before your idols. (C)And I will lay the dead bodies of the people of Israel before their idols, (D)and I will scatter your bones around your altars. Wherever you dwell, (E)the cities shall be waste and (F)the high places ruined, so that your altars will be waste and ruined,[a] your idols broken and destroyed, your (G)incense altars cut down, and your works wiped out. And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 6:6 Or and punished

you who burn with lust among (A)the oaks,[a]
    under every green tree,
(B)who slaughter your children in the valleys,
    under the clefts of the rocks?
Among the smooth stones of (C)the valley is your portion;
    they, they, are your lot;
to them you have poured out a drink offering,
    you have brought a grain offering.
    Shall I relent for these things?
(D)On a high and lofty mountain
    you have set your bed,
    and there you went up to offer sacrifice.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:5 Or among the terebinths

29 (A)For they[a] shall be ashamed of (B)the oaks
    that you desired;
and you shall blush for (C)the gardens
    that you have chosen.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:29 Some Hebrew manuscripts you

(A)And he sacrificed and made offerings (B)on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

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Faithless Israel Called to Repentance

The Lord said to me in the days of (A)King Josiah: “Have you seen what she did, that faithless one, Israel, (B)how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there (C)played the whore?

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17 (A)“Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one in the midst, (B)eating pig's flesh and the abomination and mice, shall come to an end together, declares the Lord.

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a people who provoke me
    to my face continually,
(A)sacrificing in gardens
    and making offerings on bricks;
who sit in tombs,
    and spend the night in secret places;
(B)who eat pig's flesh,
    and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels;

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36 (A)And the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 37 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at (B)Nineveh. 38 And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword. And after they escaped into the land of (C)Ararat, (D)Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

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20 So now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.”

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