^2 (A)But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; he also ^(B)made molten images for the Baals. ³ Moreover, ^(C)he offered offerings in smoke in the valley of Ben-hinnom and ^(D)burned his sons in the fire, ^(E)according to the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.

^6 (A)He even made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced soothsaying, interpreted omens, practiced sorcery, and ^(B)dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much that was evil in the sight of Yahweh, provoking Him to anger.

³¹ They have ^(A)built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to ^(B)burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I ^(C)did not command, and it did not come upon My heart.

⁵ and have built the ^(A)high places of Baal to burn their ^(B)sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, a thing which I never commanded or spoke of, nor did it ever come upon My heart,