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You take olive oil as a gift to your king,
    and also many perfumes.[a]
You send your people far away
    to get news of other gods.
You even talk to the spirits of dead people.
10 You become very tired,
    because you travel so far.
But you would never say,
    “This is useless!”
Instead, you find new strength,
    and you do not stop.
11 What idol are you so afraid of,
    that you choose to deceive me?
You seem to have forgotten about me.
    You do not think about me at all.
Have I been silent for too long?
    Is that why you no longer respect me?

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Footnotes

  1. 57:9 ‘your king’ may be Molech, the false god that they worshipped.

You went to Molek[a](A) with olive oil
    and increased your perfumes.(B)
You sent your ambassadors[b](C) far away;
    you descended to the very realm of the dead!(D)
10 You wearied(E) yourself by such going about,
    but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’(F)
You found renewal of your strength,(G)
    and so you did not faint.

11 “Whom have you so dreaded and feared(H)
    that you have not been true to me,
and have neither remembered(I) me
    nor taken this to heart?(J)
Is it not because I have long been silent(K)
    that you do not fear me?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:9 Or to the king
  2. Isaiah 57:9 Or idols