Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
You burn with passion for idols under every green tree, and you kill children in the valleys beneath rocky cliffs?
The writer is condemning the people for their passionate worship of false gods and their terrible practice of child sacrifice in natural settings.
📚 Historical Context
Isaiah was writing during a time when the people of Judah had turned away from God to worship pagan deities. These false religions often involved ritualistic practices in groves of trees and sometimes included child sacrifice, particularly in valleys like the Valley of Ben Hinnom. Such practices were strictly forbidden by God but had become common as the people adopted the religious customs of surrounding nations.
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