23 For they, too, built for themselves (A)high places, (B)memorial stones, and [a](C)Asherim on every high hill and (D)under every luxuriant tree.

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  1. 1 Kings 14:23 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)

And he (A)sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

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Who inflame yourselves among the (A)oaks,
(B)Under every luxuriant tree,
Who (C)slaughter the children in the [a]ravines,
Under the clefts of the rocks?
Among the [b](D)smooth stones of the [c]ravine
Is your portion, [d]they are your lot;
Even to them you have (E)poured out a drink offering,
You have made a grain offering.
Should I [e](F)relent of these things?
On a (G)high and lofty mountain
You have (H)made your bed.
You also went up there to offer sacrifice.

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  1. Isaiah 57:5 Or wadis
  2. Isaiah 57:6 I.e., symbols of fertility gods
  3. Isaiah 57:6 Or wadi
  4. Isaiah 57:6 Lit they, they
  5. Isaiah 57:6 Or repent

28 When I had (A)brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every (B)high hill and every tree thick with branches, and there they offered their sacrifices and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There also they made their soothing aroma and there they poured out their drink offerings.

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13 They offer sacrifices on the (A)tops of the mountains
And [a](B)burn incense on the hills,
(C)Under oak, poplar, and terebinth,
Because their shade is pleasant.
Therefore your daughters play the prostitute,
And your [b]brides commit adultery.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:13 Or offer sacrifices
  2. Hosea 4:13 Or daughters-in-law

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