You have set up your memorial
behind the door and doorpost.
For away from me, you stripped,
went up, and made your bed wide,(A)
and you have made a bargain[a] for yourself with them.
You have loved their bed;
you have gazed on their genitals.[b][c]

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Footnotes

  1. 57:8 Lit you cut
  2. 57:8 Lit hand
  3. 57:8 In Hb, the word “hand” is probably a euphemism for genitals.

20 For long ago I[a] broke your yoke;(A)
I[b] tore off your chains.
You insisted, “I will not serve!”
On every high hill
and under every green tree(B)
you lay down like a prostitute.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:20 LXX reads you
  2. 2:20 LXX reads you

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