Isa 57:5 | TNotes | STEP | 57:5 beneath the oaks and under every green tree: Tree groves were commonly used as places of pagan worship (see 1:29-30 ). • sacrifice your children: The horrible practice of child sacrifice was occasionally practiced in Israel (see Ps 106:37-38 ).

b1:29-30►

cPs 106:37-38►

‏ Isaiah 57:5

57:5 ^a beneath the oaks and under every green tree: Tree groves were commonly used as places of pagan worship (see 1:29-30 ^b).

• sacrifice your children: The horrible practice of child sacrifice was occasionally practiced in Israel (see Ps 106:37-38 ^c).