Isaiah 57:3–9

³But you, draw near,

sons of the sorceress,

^uoffspring of the adulterer and the loose woman.

⁴Whom are you mocking?

Against whom ^vdo you open your mouth wide

and stick out your tongue?

Are you not children of ^wtransgression,

^xthe offspring of deceit,

⁵you who burn with lust among ^ythe oaks,¹

under every green tree,

^zwho slaughter your children in the valleys,

under the clefts of the rocks?

⁶Among the smooth stones of ^athe 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?

^7bOn a high and lofty mountain

you have set your bed,

and there you went up to offer sacrifice.

⁸Behind the door and the doorpost

you have set up your memorial;

for, deserting me, ^cyou have uncovered your bed,

you have gone up to it,

^dyou have made it wide;

and you have made a covenant for yourself with them,

you have loved their bed,

you have looked on nakedness.²

⁹You journeyed to the king with oil

and multiplied your perfumes;

^eyou sent your envoys far off,

and sent down even to Sheol.