²¹ You shall not give any of your children ^(A)to ^[a]offer them to Molech, nor shall you ^(B)profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.

³ But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, ^(A)and he even made his son pass through the fire, ^(B)in accordance with the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had ^[a]driven out before the sons of Israel.

¹⁷ Then ^(A)they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and they ^(B)practiced divination and interpreting omens, and ^(C)gave themselves over to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him.