Isaiah 57:6

"you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?"

Key Reflection

This verse critiques those who engage in idolatrous practices and violence, comparing their worship to burning themselves among trees and sacrificing children in hidden places. It highlights the depths of spiritual corruption and moral depravity by linking religious rituals with harmful actions.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Among the smooth stones of the streams -In the original here, there is a paronomasia, which cannot be fully retained in our English version. There has been also considerable diversity of opinion in regard to the sense of the passage, from the ambiguity of the words in the original. Jerome (the Vulgate) renders it,In partibus torrentis pars tua- ‘Thy portion is in the parts of the torrent.’ The Septuagint translates it ‘This is thy portion; this is thy lot.

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