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Whom are you mocking?
    At whom do you open your mouths
    and stick out your tongues?
Are you not a rebellious brood,
    the offspring of liars?
You burn with lust among the oaks
    and under every spreading tree,
sacrificing your children in the ravines
    and under the clefts in the rocks.[a]
The smooth stones of the ravines will be your portion;
    these are your lot.
To them you poured out libations
    and brought forth your cereal offerings.
    Should such acts appease me?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:5 The reference is to fertility cults.