Isaiah 7:19
Context7:19 All of them will come and make their home 1 in the ravines between the cliffs, and in the crevices of the cliffs, in all the thorn bushes, and in all the watering holes. 2
Isaiah 33:16
Context33:16 This is the person who will live in a secure place; 3
he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; 4
he will have food
and a constant supply of water.
Isaiah 57:5
Context57:5 you who practice ritual sex 5 under the oaks and every green tree,
who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs. 6


[7:19] 1 tn Heb “and shall rest” (so KJV, ASV); NASB, NIV, NRSV “and settle.”
[7:19] 2 tn The meaning of this word (נַהֲלֹל, nahalol) is uncertain; some understand this as referring to another type of thorn bush. For bibliography, see HALOT 676 s.v. I *נַהֲלֹל.
[33:16] 3 tn Heb “he [in the] exalted places will live.”
[33:16] 4 tn Heb “mountain strongholds, cliffs [will be] his elevated place.”
[57:5] 5 tn Heb “inflame yourselves”; NRSV “burn with lust.” This verse alludes to the practice of ritual sex that accompanied pagan fertility rites.
[57:5] 6 sn This apparently alludes to the practice of child sacrifice (cf. TEV, CEV, NLT).