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Behind the door and the doorpost
    you have set up your memorial;
for, deserting me, (A)you have uncovered your bed,
    you have gone up to it,
    (B)you have made it wide;
and you have made a covenant for yourself with them,
    you have loved their bed,
    you have looked on nakedness.[a]
You journeyed to the king with oil
    and multiplied your perfumes;
(C)you sent your envoys far off,
    and sent down even to Sheol.
10 You were wearied with the length of your way,
    (D)but you did not say, “It is hopeless”;
you found new life for your strength,
    and so you were not faint.[b]

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  1. Isaiah 57:8 Or on a monument (see 56:5); Hebrew on a hand
  2. Isaiah 57:10 Hebrew and so you were not sick

Behind your doors and your doorposts
    you have put your pagan symbols.
Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed,
    you climbed into it and opened it wide;
you made a pact with those whose beds you love,(A)
    and you looked with lust on their naked bodies.(B)
You went to Molek[a](C) with olive oil
    and increased your perfumes.(D)
You sent your ambassadors[b](E) far away;
    you descended to the very realm of the dead!(F)
10 You wearied(G) yourself by such going about,
    but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’(H)
You found renewal of your strength,(I)
    and so you did not faint.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:9 Or to the king
  2. Isaiah 57:9 Or idols