¹³ You, Judah, have as many gods^(A) as you have towns;^(B) and the altars you have set up to burn incense^(C) to that shameful^(D) god Baal are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

¹³ The king also desecrated the high places that were east of Jerusalem on the south of the Hill of Corruption—the ones Solomon^(A) king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the vile god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable^(B) god of the people of Ammon.^(C)

³⁵ They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom^(A) to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molek,^(B) though I never commanded—nor did it enter my mind^(C)—that they should do such a detestable^(D) thing and so make Judah sin.^(E)

⁵ They have built the high places of Baal to burn their children^(A) in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind.^(B)

⁹ “‘Will you steal^(A) and murder,^(B) commit adultery^(C) and perjury,^[a](D) burn incense to Baal^(E) and follow other gods^(F) you have not known,