Jeremiah 32:35 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 32:35

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.

BSB

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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.

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Commentary

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Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah (420)

(Verse 35.) And they built high places (or altars) to Baal, which are in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, to burn their sons and daughters as offerings to the idol Moloch. The word 'initiate' is written in Hebrew as 'Ebir', which Aquila and Symmachus translated as 'offer'. The Seventy and Theodotion interpreted it as 'sacrifice'.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Molech--meaning "king"; the same as Milcom (1Ki 11:33). I commanded . . . not--This cuts off from the superstitious the plea of a good intention. All "will-worship" exposes to God's wrath (Col 2:18, 23).

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּבְנוּ֩	vai.yiv.Nu	and they built	H1129 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בָּמ֨וֹת	ba.Mot	[the] high places of	H1116 →
הַבַּ֜עַל	ha.Ba.'al	<the> Baal	H1168 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בְּגֵ֣יא	be.Gei'	[are] in [the] valley of	H1516 →
בֶן־	ven-	Ben	H1121 →
הִנֹּ֗ם	hi.Nom	Hinnom	H2011 →
לְ֠הַעֲבִיר	Le.ha.'a.vir	to make pass through	H5674 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בְּנֵיהֶ֣ם	be.nei.Hem	sons their	H1121 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
בְּנוֹתֵיהֶם֮	be.no.tei.Hem	daughters their	H1323 →
לַמֹּלֶךְ֒	la.mo.leKh	to <the> Molech	H4432 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
צִוִּיתִ֗ים	tzi.vi.Tim	I had commanded them	H6680 →
וְלֹ֤א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
עָֽלְתָה֙	'al.Tah	it had come up	H5927 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
לִבִּ֔י	li.Bi	heart my	H3820 →
לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת	la.'a.Sot	to do	H6213 →
הַתּוֹעֵבָ֣ה	ha.to.'e.Vah	the abomination	H8441 →
הַזֹּ֑את	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →
לְמַ֖עַן	le.Ma.'an	so as	H4616 →
הַחֲטִ֥יא	ha.cha.ti'	to cause to sin	H2398 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוּדָֽה׃ ס	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 16:20
  You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough?
Through
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.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:31
  You 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…
- 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.
- 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,
- Leviticus 19:12
  You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.