Isaiah 57:6-13
New International Version
6 The idols(A) among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion;
indeed, they are your lot.
Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings(B)
and offered grain offerings.
In view of all this, should I relent?(C)
7 You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill;(D)
there you went up to offer your sacrifices.(E)
8 Behind your doors and your doorposts
you have put your pagan symbols.
Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed,
you climbed into it and opened it wide;
you made a pact with those whose beds you love,(F)
and you looked with lust on their naked bodies.(G)
9 You went to Molek[a](H) with olive oil
and increased your perfumes.(I)
You sent your ambassadors[b](J) far away;
you descended to the very realm of the dead!(K)
10 You wearied(L) yourself by such going about,
but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’(M)
You found renewal of your strength,(N)
and so you did not faint.
11 “Whom have you so dreaded and feared(O)
that you have not been true to me,
and have neither remembered(P) me
nor taken this to heart?(Q)
Is it not because I have long been silent(R)
that you do not fear me?
12 I will expose your righteousness and your works,(S)
and they will not benefit you.
13 When you cry out(T) for help,
let your collection of idols save(U) you!
The wind will carry all of them off,
a mere breath will blow(V) them away.
But whoever takes refuge(W) in me
will inherit the land(X)
and possess my holy mountain.”(Y)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 57:9 Or to the king
- Isaiah 57:9 Or idols
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