Isaiah 57:3-13 — Legacy Standard Bible

³“But draw near, you sons of a ^asoothsayer,^bSeed of an adulterer and ¹a ^cprostitute.⁴“Against whom do you jest?Against whom do you open wide your mouthAnd stick out your tongue?Are you not children of ^atransgression,Seed of lying,⁵Who inflame yourselves among the ¹^,^aoaks,^bUnder every green tree,Who ^cslaughter the children in the ²ravines,Under the clefts of the cliffs?⁶“Among the ¹^,^asmooth stones of the ²ravineIs your portion, ³they are your lot;Even to them you have ^bpoured out a drink offering;You have made a grain offering.Shall I ⁴^,^crelent concerning these things?⁷“Upon a mountain ^alofty and lifted upYou have ^bmade your bed.You also went up there to offer sacrifice.⁸“Behind the door and the doorpostYou have set up your memorial;Indeed, far removed from Me, you have ^auncovered yourself,And have gone up and made your bed wide,And you have cut a covenant for yourself with them;You have loved their ¹bed;You have looked on their ²manhood.⁹“You have journeyed to the king with oilAnd increased your perfumes;You have ^asent your envoys a great distanceAnd made them go down to Sheol.¹⁰“You were tired out by the length of your road,Yet you did not say, ‘^aIt is hopeless.’You found ¹renewed strength;Therefore you did not ²faint.¹¹“Of ^awhom were you anxious and fearfulWhen you lied and did ^bnot remember Me,Nor even ^cput Me upon your heart?Was I not silent even for a long timeSo you do not fear Me?¹²“I will ^adeclare your righteousness and your ^bdeeds,But they will not profit you.¹³“When you cry out, ^alet your collection of idols deliver you.But the wind will lift all of them up,And a breath will take them away.But he who ^btakes refuge in Me will ^cinherit the landAnd will ^dpossess My holy mountain.”