Isaiah 57:5
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Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
- King James Bible "Authorized Version", Cambridge Edition
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Other Translations of Isaiah 57:5
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
{Who} inflame yourselves among the oaks, Under every luxuriant tree, Who slaughter the children in the ravines, Under the clefts of the crags?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
ye that inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
- American Standard Version (1901)
You who are burning with evil desire among the oaks, under every green tree; putting children to death in the valleys, under the cracks of the rocks?
- Basic English Bible
inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?
- Darby Bible
Who seek your comfort in idols under every green tree, sacrificing children in the torrents, under the high rocks?
- Douay Rheims Bible
Inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the cliffs of the rocks?
- Webster's Bible
you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
- World English Bible
Who are inflamed among oaks, under every green tree, Slaughtering the children in valleys, Under clefts of the rocks.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Ye that inflame yourselves among the terebinths, under every leafy tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
View Wesley's Notes for Isaiah 57:5
57:5 Enflaming - Lusting after them, and mad upon them. Slaying - In way of sacrifice to their idols. Valleys - He seems to allude to the valley of Hinnom in which these cruelties were practised. Clifts - Which they chuse either for shade, or for those dark vaults, in rocks, which were convenient for idolatrous uses.
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