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Isaiah 57:4-11 Modern English Version (MEV)

4. Whom do you mock?Against whom do you open wide your mouthand stick out your tongue?Are you not children of transgression,offspring of falsehood,

5. inflaming yourselves with idolsunder every green tree,slaying the children in the valleysunder the clefts of the rocks?

6. Among the smooth stones of the stream is your portion;they are your lot.Even to them you have poured out a drink offering;you have offered a grain offering.Should I relent concerning these things?

7. On a lofty and high mountain you have set your bed;even there you went up to offer sacrifice.

8. Behind the doors and the doorpostsyou have set up your memorial;far removed from Me, you have uncovered yourself;you have enlarged your bed and made a covenant with them;you have loved their bed,you have looked on their nakedness.

9. You went to the king with ointment,and increased your perfumes,and sent your messengers far off,and made them go down to Sheol.

10. You were wearied by the length of your road;yet you did not say, “There is no hope.”You have found renewed strength;therefore, you did not faint.

11. Of whom were you afraid or fearfulwhen you liedand you did not remember Me,nor give Me a thought?Have I not held My peace for a long timeso that you do not fear Me?

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