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I myself will set my face against them and against their family and will cut them off from among their people, them and all who follow them in prostituting themselves to Molech.

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I myself will set my face against him and his family and will cut them off from their people together with all who follow him in prostituting themselves to Molek.

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39 Thus they became unclean by their acts
    and prostituted themselves in their doings.(A)

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39 They defiled themselves(A) by what they did;
    by their deeds they prostituted(B) themselves.

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13 I will punish her for the festival days of the Baals,
    to whom she offered incense
and decked herself with her rings and jewelry
    and went after her lovers
    and forgot me, says the Lord.(A)

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13 I will punish her for the days
    she burned incense(A) to the Baals;(B)
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,(C)
    and went after her lovers,(D)
    but me she forgot,(E)
declares the Lord.(F)

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For their mother has prostituted herself;
    she who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, “I will go after my lovers;
    they give me my bread and my water,
    my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.”(A)

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Their mother has been unfaithful
    and has conceived them in disgrace.
She said, ‘I will go after my lovers,(A)
    who give me my food and my water,
    my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’(B)

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39 I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for all time, for their own good and the good of their children after them.(A)

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39 I will give them singleness(A) of heart and action, so that they will always fear(B) me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them.

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28 Therefore, thus says the Lord: I am going to give this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and into the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, and he shall take it.(A) 29 The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city shall come, set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs offerings have been made to Baal and libations have been poured out to other gods, to provoke me to anger.(B) 30 For the people of Israel and the people of Judah have done nothing but evil in my sight from their youth; the people of Israel have done nothing but provoke me to anger by the work of their hands, says the Lord.(C) 31 This city has aroused my anger and wrath, from the day it was built until this day, so that I will remove it from my sight(D) 32 because of all the evil of the people of Israel and the people of Judah that they did to provoke me to anger—they, their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets, the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.(E) 33 They have turned their backs to me, not their faces; though I have taught them persistently, they would not listen and accept correction.(F) 34 They set up their abominations in the house that bears my name and defiled it.(G) 35 They built the high places of Baal in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter my mind that they should do this abomination, causing Judah to sin.(H)

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28 Therefore this is what the Lord says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the Babylonians and to Nebuchadnezzar(A) king of Babylon, who will capture it.(B) 29 The Babylonians who are attacking this city will come in and set it on fire; they will burn it down,(C) along with the houses(D) where the people aroused my anger by burning incense on the roofs to Baal and by pouring out drink offerings(E) to other gods.(F)

30 “The people of Israel and Judah have done nothing but evil in my sight from their youth;(G) indeed, the people of Israel have done nothing but arouse my anger(H) with what their hands have made,(I) declares the Lord. 31 From the day it was built until now, this city(J) has so aroused my anger and wrath that I must remove(K) it from my sight. 32 The people of Israel and Judah have provoked(L) me by all the evil(M) they have done—they, their kings and officials,(N) their priests and prophets, the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem. 33 They turned their backs(O) to me and not their faces; though I taught(P) them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.(Q) 34 They set up their vile images(R) in the house that bears my Name(S) and defiled(T) it. 35 They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom(U) to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molek,(V) though I never commanded—nor did it enter my mind(W)—that they should do such a detestable(X) thing and so make Judah sin.(Y)

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Look up to the bare heights[a] and see!
    Where have you not been lain with?
By the waysides you sat waiting for lovers,
    like a nomad in the wilderness.
You have polluted the land
    with your prostitutions and wickedness.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.2 Or the trails

“Look up to the barren heights(A) and see.
    Is there any place where you have not been ravished?
By the roadside(B) you sat waiting for lovers,
    sat like a nomad in the desert.
You have defiled the land(C)
    with your prostitution(D) and wickedness.

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Eating Blood Prohibited

10 “If anyone of the house of Israel or of the aliens who reside among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut that person off from the people.(A)

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10 “‘I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood,(A) and I will cut them off from the people.

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so that they may no longer offer their sacrifices for goat-demons, to whom they prostitute themselves. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.(A)

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They must no longer offer any of their sacrifices to the goat idols[a](A) to whom they prostitute themselves.(B) This is to be a lasting ordinance(C) for them and for the generations to come.’(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 17:7 Or the demons

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me(A)

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You shall not bow down to them or worship(A) them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,(B) punishing the children for the sin of the parents(C) to the third and fourth generation(D) of those who hate me,

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