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Isaiah 7:19

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7:19 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

Context

33:16 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

Context

57:5 you who practice ritual sex 5  under the oaks and every green tree,

who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs. 6 

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[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).



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