27 Then he took his oldest son who was to reign in his place (A)and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. And there came great wrath against Israel. And they withdrew from him and returned to their own land.

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(A)Will the Lord be pleased with[a] thousands of rams,
    with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
(B)Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
    the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:7 Or Will the Lord accept

31 then whatever[a] comes out from the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites (A)shall be the Lord's, and (B)I will offer it[b] up for a burnt offering.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 11:31 Or whoever
  2. Judges 11:31 Or him

31 (A)You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way, for every (B)abominable thing that the Lord hates they have done for their gods, for (C)they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.

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Thus says the Lord:

(A)“For three transgressions of (B)Moab,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because (C)he burned to lime
    the bones of the king of Edom.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:1 Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 4, 6

20 (A)And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and (B)these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your whorings so small a matter

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37 They (A)sacrificed their sons
    and their daughters to (B)the demons;
38 they poured out innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was (C)polluted with blood.

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43 And the king of Israel (A)went to his house vexed and sullen and came to Samaria.

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Ahab Defeats Ben-hadad

13 And behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel and said, “Thus says the Lord, Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, (A)I will give it into your hand this day, (B)and you shall know that I am the Lord.”

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