Isa 57:5 | NETfull | STEP | you who practice ritual sex under the oaks and every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs.

Isaiah 57:5

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