Isaiah 57:5
ContextNETBible | you who practice ritual sex 1 under the oaks and every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs. 2 |
XREF | Ex 32:6; Le 18:21; Le 20:2-5; Nu 25:1,2,6; De 12:2; 1Ki 14:23; 2Ki 16:3,4; 2Ki 16:3; 2Ki 17:10; 2Ki 23:10; 2Ch 28:3; Isa 1:29; Jer 2:20; Jer 3:6,13; Jer 7:31; Jer 17:2; Jer 32:35; Jer 50:38; Jer 51:7; Eze 6:13; Eze 16:20; Eze 20:26,31; Ho 4:11-13; Ho 7:4-7; Am 2:7,8; Re 17:1-5; Re 18:3 |
NET © Notes |
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). |