Isaiah 57:3-13 - Pagan Religion Denounced
3
you sons of a sorceress,
offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute!
Who is it you are opening your mouth
and sticking out your tongue at?
Isn’t it you, you rebellious children,
you race of liars,
under every green tree,
who slaughter children in the wadis
below the clefts of the rocks?
indeed, they are your lot.
You have even poured out a drink offering to them;
you have offered a grain offering;
should I be satisfied with these?
on a high and lofty mountain;
you also went up there to offer sacrifice.
behind the door and doorpost.
For away from Me, you stripped,
went up, and made your bed wide,
and you have made a bargain
You have loved their bed;
you have gazed on their genitals.
and multiplied your perfumes;
you sent your couriers far away
and sent them down even to Sheol.
but you did not say, “I give up!”
You found a renewal of your strength;
therefore you did not grow weak.
so that you lied and didn’t remember Me
or take it to heart?
Have I not kept silent for such a long time
and you do not fear Me?
and your works—they will not profit you.
let your collection of idols deliver you!
The wind will carry all of them off,
a breath will take them away.
But whoever takes refuge in Me
will inherit the land
and possess My holy mountain.