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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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ASV

and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt-offerings unto Baal; which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:

KJV

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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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּבָנ֞וּu.va.Nuand they have builtH1129 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בָּמ֣וֹתba.Mot[the] high places ofH1116 →
הַבַּ֗עַלha.Ba.'al<the> BaalH1168 →
לִשְׂרֹ֧ףlis.Rofto burnH8313 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בְּנֵיהֶ֛םbe.nei.Hemchildren theirH1121 →
בָּאֵ֖שׁba.'Eshin the fireH784 →
עֹל֣וֹתo.Lotburnt offeringsH5930 →
לַבָּ֑עַלla.Ba.'alto <the> BaalH1168 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
צִוִּ֙יתִי֙tzi.Vi.tiI commandedH6680 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
דִבַּ֔רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiI spokeH1696 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
עָלְתָ֖ה'al.Tahit came upH5927 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
לִבִּֽי׃ פli.Biheart myH3820 →

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Jeremiah 32:35They 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.Deuteronomy 12:31You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.Psalms 106:37–38They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.Leviticus 18:21You 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.Jeremiah 7:31–32They 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.Ezekiel 16:20–21You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?2 Kings 17:17They 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.Genesis 22:12“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”Deuteronomy 17:3and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—Ezekiel 16:21You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols.Romans 11:4And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”Numbers 22:41The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see the outskirts of the camp of the people.2 Chronicles 28:3Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.Ezekiel 20:26And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.Ezekiel 38:10This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.Daniel 2:29As you lay on your bed, O king, your thoughts turned to the future, and the Revealer of Mysteries made known to you what will happen.Jeremiah 11:13Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’Jeremiah 18:15Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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