57:5 you who practice ritual sex 1 under the oaks and every green tree,
who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs. 2
[57:5] 1 tn Heb “inflame yourselves”; NRSV “burn with lust.” This verse alludes to the practice of ritual sex that accompanied pagan fertility rites.
[57:5] 2 sn This apparently alludes to the practice of child sacrifice (cf. TEV, CEV, NLT).
