Isaiah 57:1-13 - Idolatry Is Adultery

¹ But in the mean season the righteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in his heart. Good godly people are taken away, and no man considereth it. Namely, that the righteous is conveyed away through the wicked, ² that he himself might be in rest, lie quietly upon his bed, and live after his own pleasure.

³ Come hither, therefore, ye charmer's children; ye sons of the adulterer and the whore. ⁴ Wherein take ye your pleasure? Upon whom gape ye with your mouth, and blear out your tongue? Are ye not children of adultery, and a seed of dissimulation? ⁵ Ye take your pleasure under the oaks, and under all green trees. And ye offer children in the valleys, and dens of stone. ⁶ Thy part shall be with the stony rocks by the river: Yea, even these shall be thy part. For there thou hast poured meat and drink offerings unto them. Should I delight in that? ⁷ Thou hast made thy bed upon high mountains; thou wentest up thither, and there hast thou slain sacrifices. ⁸ Behind the doors and posts, hast thou set up thy remembrance: When thou hast uncovered thyself to another than me, when thou wentest down and made thy bed wider, when thou didst carve the certain of yonder Idols, and lovedest their couches, where thou sawest them. ⁹ Thou wentest straight to kings with oil and divers ointments - that is, thou hast sent thy messengers far off, and yet art thou fallen into the pit thereby. ¹⁰ Thou hast had trouble for the multitude of thine own ways, yet saidest thou never, "I will leave off." Thou thinkest to have life of thyself, and therefore thou believest not that thou art sick. ¹¹ For when wilt thou be abashed or fear, seeing thou hast broken thy promise, and rememberest not me, neither hast me in thine heart? Thinkest thou, that I also will hold my peace as afore time, that thou fearest me not? ¹² Yea, verily, I will declare thy goodness and thy works, but they shall not profit thee. ¹³ When thou cryest, let thy chosen heap deliver thee. But the wind shall take them all away, and carry them into the air. Nevertheless, they that put their trust in me, shall inherit the land, and have my holy hill in possession.