“But come here, you sons of a (A)sorceress,
(B)Offspring of an adulterer and [a]a (C)prostitute.
“Against whom do you jest?
Against whom do you open wide your mouth
And stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of (D)rebellion,
Offspring of deceit,
Who inflame yourselves among the [b](E)oaks,
(F)Under every luxuriant tree,
Who (G)slaughter the children in the [c]ravines,
Under the clefts of the crags?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:3 So ancient versions; Heb she prostitutes herself
  2. Isaiah 57:5 Or terebinths
  3. Isaiah 57:5 Or wadis