Jeremiah 32:35

33 They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.

34 They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.

36 Now therefore, about this city of which you say, ‘It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword and famine and plague,’ this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says:

37 I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.

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
They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.
KJV
And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
WEB
They built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through fire to Molech, which I didn’t command them. It didn’t even come into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.”
ASV
And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through [the fire] unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
DARBY
and they have built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause to pass through [the fire] their sons and their daughters unto Molech: which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
BLB
And they built the high places of Baal, that [are] in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom, to make their daughters and their sons pass through unto Molech—which I did not command them, and it did not come upon My heart that they should do this abomination, so as to cause Judah to sin.
ÅB
Og de bygget offerhaugene for Ba'al i Hinnoms sønns dal for å la sine sønner og døtre gå gjennom ilden for Molok, enda jeg ikke hadde pålagt dem det, og det ikke var oppkommet i mitt hjerte at de skulle gjøre denne styggedom; og slik fikk de Juda til å synde.
OTB
De bygde offerhøyder for Baal i Ben-Hinnoms dal for å ofre sine sønner og døtre til Molok, selv om Jeg aldri befalte—og det kom aldri opp i Mitt sinn—at de skulle begå en slik avskyelighet og dermed føre Juda til synd.
B1930
Og de bygget offerhaugene for Ba'al i Hinnoms sønns dal for å la sine sønner og døtre gå gjennem ilden for Molok, enda jeg ikke hadde pålagt dem det, og det ikke var opkommet i mitt hjerte at de skulde gjøre denne vederstyggelighet; og således fikk de Juda til å synde.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 7:31

    They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.

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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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  • 2 Chronicles 33:6

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

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  • Jeremiah 19:5–6

    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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  • Leviticus 20:2–5

    “Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.

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  • 1 Kings 16:19

    because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.

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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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  • 2 Chronicles 28:2–3

    Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.

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