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Ezekiel 16:21

Sin

19 And you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD.

20 You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?

You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols.

22 And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood.

23 Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols.
KJV
That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?
WEB
that you have slain my children and delivered them up, in causing them to pass through the fire to them?
ASV
that thou hast slain my children, and delivered them up, in causing them to pass through [the fire] unto them?
DARBY
that thou didst slay my children and give them up in passing them over to them?
BLB
And you have slain My children, and have given them by causing them to pass through to them!
ÅB
siden du slaktet mine barn og gav dem bort - lot dem gå igjennom ilden for dem?
OTB
Du satte mine barn til døden og ofret dem til avguder ved å føre dem gjennom ilden.
B1930
siden du slaktet mine barn og gav dem bort - lot dem gå igjennem ilden for dem?

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  • 2 Kings 17:17

    They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

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  • Deuteronomy 18:10

    Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,

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  • Leviticus 18:21

    You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 19:5

    They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.

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  • 2 Kings 21:6

    He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

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  • Psalms 106:37

    They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

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  • 2 Kings 23:10

    He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.

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  • Leviticus 20:1–5

    Then the LORD said to Moses,

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