Against whom do you make a wide mouth
And stick out the tongue?
Are you not children of transgression,
Offspring of falsehood,
bSlaying the children in the valleys,
Under the clefts of the rocks?
Is your portion;
They, they, are your lot!
Even to them you have poured a drink offering,
You have offered a grain offering.
Should I receive comfort in bthese?
You have set up your remembrance;
For you have uncovered yourself to those other than Me,
And have gone up to them;
You have enlarged your bed
And made a covenant with them;
aYou have loved their bed,
Where you saw their1 nudity.
And increased your perfumes;
You sent your bmessengers far off,
And even descended to Sheol.
aYet you did not say, ‘There is no hope.’
You have found the life of your hand;
Therefore you were not grieved.
That you have lied
And not remembered Me,
Nor taken it to your heart?
Is it not because bI have held My peace from of old
That you do not fear Me?
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American Standard Version
ye that inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
Amplified® Bible
You who burn with lust [inflaming yourselves with idols] among the oaks, under every green tree, you who slay the children [in sacrifice] in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?
Contemporary English Version
All you think about is sex under those green trees where idols are worshiped. You sacrifice your children on altars built in valleys under rocky slopes.
Darby English Version
inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?
Good News Bible
You worship the fertility gods by having sex under those sacred trees of yours. You offer your children as sacrifices in the rocky caves near stream beds.
King James Version
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
New American Standard Bible
{Who} inflame yourselves among the oaks, Under every luxuriant tree, Who slaughter the children in the ravines, Under the clefts of the crags?
New International Version
You burn with lust among the oaks
and under every spreading tree;
you sacrifice your children in the ravines
and under the overhanging crags.
New King James Version
Inflaming yourselves with gods under every green tree,
Slaying the children in the valleys,
Under the clefts of the rocks?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Who inflame yourselves among the oaks, Under every luxuriant tree, Who slaughter the children in the ravines, Under the clefts of the crags?
Revised Standard Version
you who burn with lust among the oaks, under every green tree; who slay your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
Young's Literal Translation
Who are inflamed among oaks, under every green tree, Slaughtering the children in valleys, Under clefts of the rocks.
New English Translation
you who practice ritual sex1 under the oaks and every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs.2
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