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Jeremiah 19:5

King James Version (KJV)

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Jeremiah 19:5

Verse 5 of 15

Scripture focus

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:

Jeremiah 19:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 19:5

Theological / Devotional

The high places of Baal. See ch. 2:23.

Burn their sons with fire. See on ch. 7:31.

I commanded not. A figure of speech where emphasis is made by an understatement of the true situation. Not only had God not commanded these practices; He had forbidden them under the most severe penalties (see Lev. 18:21; 20:1-5; Deut. 12:31; 18:9, 10; Jer. 7:31).

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