Isaiah 57:8-10

Contemporary English Version

⁸Even in your homes
you have placed pagan symbols
all around your huge beds.
Yes, you have rejected me,
sold yourselves to your lovers,
and gone to bed with them.^[a]

⁹You smear on olive oil
and all kinds of perfume
    to worship the god Molech.^[b]
You even seek advice
    from spirits of the dead.
¹⁰Though you tired yourself out
by running after idols,
    you refused to stop.
Your desires were so strong
    that they kept you going.

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Footnotes

57.8 them: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 8.
57.9 the god Molech: Or “the king.” In Hebrew “Molech” and “king” sound alike.