Isaiah 57:3-13

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[3] But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute. [4] Against whom do you sport yourselves? against whom make you a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? Aren't you children of disobedience, a seed of falsehood, [5] you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? [6] Among the smooth [stones] of the valley is your portion; they, they are your lot; even to them have you poured a drink-offering, you have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things? [7] On a high and lofty mountain have you set your bed; there also you went up to offer sacrifice. [8] Behind the doors and the posts have you set up your memorial: for you have uncovered [yourself] to another than me, and are gone up; you have enlarged your bed, and made you a covenant with them: you loved their bed where you saw it. [9] You went to the king with oil, and did increase your perfumes, and did send your ambassadors far off, and did debase yourself even to Sheol. [10] You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you didn't say, It is in vain: you found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren't faint. [11] Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven't I held my peace even of long time, and you don't fear me? [12] I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you. [13] When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.