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Ezekiel 16:20

King James Version (KJV)

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Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. [Is this] of thy whoredoms a small matter,

Ezekiel 16:20 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezekiel 16:20

Theological / Devotional

Hast thou sacrificed. A reference to Molech worship, a feature of the later idolatries of Israel (2 Kings 16:3; Psalm 106:37; Isaiah 57:5; Jeremiah 7:31, 32). In this form of worship children were sacrificed as burnt offerings (see p. 391), an unnatural and terrible crime (see on Leviticus 18:21; 1 Kings 11:7; 2 Kings 16:3).

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