³⁵ They built the ^(A)high places of Baal that are in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and their daughters pass through the fire to ^(B)Molech, which I had not commanded them, nor had it ^[a]entered My mind that they should do this abomination, to mislead Judah to sin.

²¹ “As for the ^[a](A)smoking sacrifices that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the ^(B)streets of Jerusalem, you and your forefathers, your kings and your leaders, and the people of the land, did the Lord not ^(C)remember them, and did all of this not come into His ^[b]mind? ²² So the Lord was ^(D)no longer able to endure it, ^(E)because of the evil of your deeds, because of the abominations which you have committed; so your land has become a ^(F)place of ruins, an object of horror, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

¹¹ Therefore as I live,’ declares the Lord God, ‘Because you have ^(A)defiled My sanctuary with all your ^(B)detestable idols and with all your abominations, I definitely will also withdraw and My eye will have no pity, and I also will not spare.

⁹ Then those of you who escape will ^(A)remember Me among the nations to which they will be taken captive, how I have ^[a](B)been hurt by their adulterous hearts which turned away from Me, and by their eyes which committed infidelity with their idols; and they will ^(C)loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed, for all their abominations.

³⁰ Therefore, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Will you defile yourselves in the way of your ^(A)fathers and adulterously pursue their detestable things?

Perilous Times

¹⁵ “Therefore when you see the ^(A)abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in ^(B)the holy place—^[a](C)let the ^[b]reader understand—