Isaiah 57:3-13
English Standard Version
3 But you, draw near,
sons of the sorceress,
(A)offspring of the adulterer and the loose woman.
4 Whom are you mocking?
Against whom (B)do you open your mouth wide
and stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of (C)transgression,
(D)the offspring of deceit,
5 you who burn with lust among (E)the oaks,[a]
under every green tree,
(F)who slaughter your children in the valleys,
under the clefts of the rocks?
6 Among the smooth stones of (G)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?
7 (H)On a high and lofty mountain
you have set your bed,
and there you went up to offer sacrifice.
8 Behind the door and the doorpost
you have set up your memorial;
for, deserting me, (I)you have uncovered your bed,
you have gone up to it,
(J)you have made it wide;
and you have made a covenant for yourself with them,
you have loved their bed,
you have looked on nakedness.[b]
9 You journeyed to the king with oil
and multiplied your perfumes;
(K)you sent your envoys far off,
and sent down even to Sheol.
10 You were wearied with the length of your way,
(L)but you did not say, “It is hopeless”;
you found new life for your strength,
and so you were not faint.[c]
11 (M)Whom did you dread and fear,
(N)so that you lied,
and did not remember me,
did not lay it to heart?
(O)Have I not held my peace, even for a long time,
and you do not fear me?
12 I will declare your righteousness and your deeds,
but they will not profit you.
13 (P)When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you!
The wind will carry them all off,
a breath will take them away.
(Q)But he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land
and shall inherit (R)my holy mountain.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 57:5 Or among the terebinths
- Isaiah 57:8 Or on a monument (see 56:5); Hebrew on a hand
- Isaiah 57:10 Hebrew and so you were not sick
Isaiah 57:3-13
King James Version
3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood.
5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
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