Isaiah 57:5

57:5 you who practice ritual sex13 under the oaks and every green tree,

who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs.14

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13	tn Heb “inflame yourselves”; NRSV “burn with lust.” This verse alludes to the practice of ritual sex that accompanied pagan fertility rites.
14	sn This apparently alludes to the practice of child sacrifice (cf. TEV, CEV, NLT).