Isaiah 57:3-13

Modern English Version

³ But draw near to here, you sons of a sorceress,
    offspring of an adulterer and prostitute.
⁴ Whom do you mock?
    Against whom do you open wide your mouth
    and stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of transgression,
    offspring of falsehood,
⁵ inflaming yourselves with idols
    under every green tree,
slaying the children in the valleys
    under the clefts of the rocks?
⁶ Among the smooth stones of the stream is your portion;
    they are your lot.
Even to them you have poured out a drink offering;
    you have offered a grain offering.
    Should I relent concerning these things?
⁷ On a lofty and high mountain you have set your bed;
    even there you went up to offer sacrifice.
⁸ Behind the doors and the doorposts
    you have set up your memorial;
far removed from Me, you have uncovered yourself;
    you have enlarged your bed and made a covenant with them;
you have loved their bed,
    you have looked on their nakedness.
⁹ You went to the king with ointment,
    and increased your perfumes,
and sent your messengers far off,
    and made them go down to Sheol.
¹⁰ You were wearied by the length of your road;
    yet you did not say, “There is no hope.”
You have found renewed strength;
    therefore, you did not faint.

¹¹ Of whom were you afraid or fearful
    when you lied
and you did not remember Me,
    nor give Me a thought?
Have I not held My peace for a long time
    so that you do not fear Me?
¹² I will declare your righteousness, and your works,
    yet they shall not profit you.
¹³ When you cry out,
    let your collection of idols deliver you.
But the wind shall carry them all away,
    a breath shall take them away.
But he who puts his trust in Me
    shall possess the land
    and shall inherit My holy mountain.