Holy Scripture
Isaiah 57:5
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 4, 5.) Are you not wicked children, a deceitful seed, who console yourselves in gods beneath every leafy tree, sacrificing little ones in the torrents under threatening ((Vulg. lofty)) rocks? LXX: Are you not sons of perdition: an unjust seed, who call upon idols beneath leafy trees, sacrificing your sons in th…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
5who call upon idols under the leafy trees, slaying your children in the valleys among the rocks?
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3But draw ye near hither, ye lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.
4Wherein have ye been rioting? and against whom have ye opened your mouth, and against whom have ye loosed your tongue? are ye not children of perdition? a lawless seed?
— Isaiah 57:5 —
6That is thy portion, this is thy lot: and to them hast thou poured forth drink offerings, and to these hast thou offered meat offerings. Shall I not therefore be angry for these things?
7On a lofty and high mountain, there is thy bed, and thither thou carriedst up thy meat offerings: