What does Isaiah 57:5 mean?
ESV: you who burn with lust among the oaks, under every green tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
NIV: You burn with lust among the oaks and under every spreading tree; you sacrifice your children in the ravines and under the overhanging crags.
NASB: Who inflame yourselves among the oaks, Under every luxuriant tree, Who slaughter the children in the ravines, Under the clefts of the rocks?
CSB: who burn with lust among the oaks, under every green tree, who slaughter children in the wadis below the clefts of the rocks?
NLT: You worship your idols with great passion beneath the oaks and under every green tree. You sacrifice your children down in the valleys, among the jagged rocks in the cliffs.
KJV: Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
NKJV: Inflaming yourselves with gods under every green tree, Slaying the children in the valleys, Under the clefts of the rocks?
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Isaiah is among the most important prophetic books in the entire Bible. The first segment details God's impending judgment against ancient peoples for sin and idolatry (Isaiah 1—35). The second part of Isaiah briefly explains a failed assault on Jerusalem during the rule of Hezekiah (Isaiah 36—39). The final chapters predict Israel's rescue from Babylonian captivity (Isaiah 40—48), the promised Messiah (Isaiah 49—57), and the final glory of Jerusalem and God's people (Isaiah 58—66).
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