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Upon a mountain, high and lofty, you spread out your bed.
Yes, you went up there to offer a sacrifice.
Behind the door and doorpost you placed your memorial.
Yes, you deserted me and uncovered yourself.[a] You climbed right into bed.
You made room for them in your bed.
You committed yourself to them.
You loved their bed.
You stared at their bodies.[b]
You traveled to deliver offerings of fragrant oil to the king,[c]
and you made many offerings of incense.
You sent your messengers to a distant land.
You sent them as far as hell.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:8 Or your bed
  2. Isaiah 57:8 The base meaning of the Hebrew word yad is hand, but here it seems to be a euphemism for genitals.
  3. Isaiah 57:9 Or Molek
  4. Isaiah 57:9 Hebrew sheol