Ezekiel 20:31

²⁹ Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

³⁰ Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?

For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.

³² And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

³³ As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:

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: When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!
KJV: For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
WEB: When you offer your gifts, when you make your sons pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? Should I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you!
ASV: and when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, do ye pollute yourselves with all your idols unto this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you;
DARBY: And when ye offer your gifts, making your sons to pass through the fire, ye defile yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day; and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? [As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.
BLB: For in your lifting up your⁺ gifts, and making your⁺ sons pass through the fire, you⁺ are defiling yourselves with all your⁺ idols, even to this day. And shall I be consulted by you⁺, O house of Israel? [As] I live, a declaration of the Lord YHWH, I will not be consulted by you⁺!

ÅB: når dere bærer fram deres gaver og lar deres barn gå gjennom ilden, gjør dere dere enda den dag idag urene ved alle deres motbydelige avguder - og jeg skulle la meg spørre av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren, Israels Gud, jeg lar meg ikke spørre av dere.
OTB: Når dere tilbyr deres gaver, når dere lar deres barn gå gjennom ilden, fortsetter dere å gjøre dere urene med alle deres avguder til denne dag. Skal jeg bli spurt av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke bli spurt av dere.
B1930: når I bærer frem eders gaver og lar eders barn gå gjennem ilden, gjør I eder ennu den dag idag urene ved alle eders motbydelige avguder - og jeg skulde la mig spørre av eder, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren, Israels Gud, jeg lar mig ikke spørre av eder.

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Psalms 106:37–39
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
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Jeremiah 7:31
And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
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Ezekiel 20:26
And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.
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Ezekiel 14:3–4
Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?
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Jeremiah 19:5
They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:
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Jeremiah 14:12
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
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James 4:1–3
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
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Psalms 66:18
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
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