Isaiah 57:5

Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?

Cross-reference

Isaiah 1:29 Parallel

Isaiah 1:29 mentions shame for the oaks you desired, the same tree-worship condemned here.

In Jeremiah 3:6, Israel plays the harlot under every green tree, directly paralleling this verse.

Revelation 17:1-5 depicts Babylon the great prostitute, drunk with abominations, a NT echo of idolatrous harlotry like here.

Hosea 4:11-13 describes the same idolatrous practice: sacrificing under oaks and committing sexual immorality, directly echoing this verse.

Ezekiel 20:31 directly mentions making sons pass through fire—identical to the idolatry in Isaiah 57:5.

Ezekiel 20:26 describes how God allowed them to offer firstborn as a judgment—connecting to the same practice.

Ezekiel 16:20 accuses Israel of sacrificing their own children to idols—reinforcing the child sacrifice theme.

In Ezekiel 6:13, under every green tree and thick oak, the same phrase describes idolatrous worship.

Jeremiah 32:35 again condemns making children pass through fire to Molech—same idolatrous practice Isaiah references.

In Jeremiah 17:2, children remember altars by green trees, linking the same elements of children and sacred trees.

Jeremiah 7:31 mentions building Topheth to burn sons and daughters—direct parallel to the slaughter of children in valleys.

In Jeremiah 3:13, scattering charms under every green tree echoes the idolatrous acts here.

In Jeremiah 2:20, Israel plays the harlot under every green tree, using the same imagery of idolatry.

1 Kings 14:23 records Israel building high places and Asherim under every green tree, the same idolatrous sin.

In Leviticus 18:21, the law forbids passing children through fire to Molech, directly prohibiting the sin here.

In Leviticus 20:2, the law commands death for giving descendants to Molech, contrasting the practice condemned here.

In Numbers 25:2, the Moabites invite Israel to idolatrous sacrifices — a concrete example of the pagan worship condemned here.

Deuteronomy 12:2 commands destroying pagan worship sites under every green tree, the very practice denounced here.

In 2 Kings 16:3, King Ahaz makes his son pass through the fire, directly echoing the child sacrifice condemned here.

In 2 Kings 16:4, Ahaz sacrifices under every green tree, matching the idolatrous setting of this verse.

In 2 Kings 17:10, Israel sets up pillars under every green tree, the same practice described here.

In 2 Kings 23:10, Josiah defiles Topheth, where child sacrifice to Molech occurred—same practice condemned in Isaiah 57:5.

2 Chronicles 28:3 Historical context

2 Chronicles 28:3 describes Ahaz burning his sons in the Valley of Hinnom—a specific example of the child sacrifice Isaiah condemns.

Psalm 106:37 states they sacrificed sons and daughters to demons—summarizing the same heinous practice.

Ezekiel 20:28 directly mentions sacrificing under every leafy tree — identical imagery of pagan worship in green settings.

Hosea 4:13 Parallel

Hosea 4:13 explicitly names oak, poplar, and terebinth as sites for sacrifices — same practice of offering under trees.

In Numbers 25:1, Israel 'whored' with Moabite women — the same kind of spiritual adultery and lust described in this verse.

Exodus 32:6 Parallel

In Exodus 32:6, the people revel in idolatrous feasting after the golden calf — similar to the lustful idolatry condemned here.

In Jeremiah 50:38, judgment on Babylon comes because they are 'mad over idols' — a similar condemnation of idolatrous zeal to the 'lust' here.

Ezekiel 16:24 describes building idolatrous shrines in every square — another form of the same cultic apostasy in high places.