Isaiah 57:5
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Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
In other translations
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
Hebrew words
הַנֵּחָמִיםhanechamimwho inflame yourselvesH2552בָּאֵלִיםba'elimamong the oaksH352תַּחַתtachatunderH8478כָּל־kol-everyH3605עֵץ'etztreeH6086רַעֲנָןra'ananluxuriantH7488שֹׁחֲטֵיshochatei[who] slaughterH7819הַיְלָדִיםhayladim<of the> childrenH3206בַּנְּחָלִיםbanechalimin the wadisH5158תַּחַתtachatunderH8478סְעִפֵיse'ifei[the] clefts ofH5585הַסְּלָעִים׃hasela'imthe cliffsH5553
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