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Isaiah 57:5

Context

57:5 you who practice ritual sex 1  under the oaks and every green tree,

who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs. 2 

1 tn Heb “inflame yourselves”; NRSV “burn with lust.” This verse alludes to the practice of ritual sex that accompanied pagan fertility rites.

2 sn This apparently alludes to the practice of child sacrifice (cf. TEV, CEV, NLT).



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