Whom are you mocking?
    Against whom (A)do you open your mouth wide
    and stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of (B)transgression,
    (C)the offspring of deceit,
you who burn with lust among (D)the oaks,[a]
    under every green tree,
(E)who slaughter your children in the valleys,
    under the clefts of the rocks?
Among the smooth stones of (F)the valley is your portion;
    they, they, are your lot;
to them you have poured out a drink offering,
    you have brought a grain offering.
    Shall I relent for these things?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:5 Or among the terebinths

Who are you mocking?
    At whom do you sneer
    and stick out your tongue?
Are you not a brood of rebels,(A)
    the offspring of liars?
You burn with lust among the oaks(B)
    and under every spreading tree;(C)
you sacrifice your children(D) in the ravines
    and under the overhanging crags.
The idols(E) among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion;
    indeed, they are your lot.
Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings(F)
    and offered grain offerings.
    In view of all this, should I relent?(G)

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