³ But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel; indeed ^(A)he made his son pass through the fire, according to the ^(B)abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out from before the children of Israel.

^17 (A)And they caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, ^(B)practiced witchcraft and soothsaying, and ^(C)sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

³¹ And they have built the ^(A)high places of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to ^(B)burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, ^(C)which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart.

²⁰ Rather, that the things which the Gentiles ^(A)sacrifice ^(B)they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.

³⁷ For they have committed adultery, and ^(A)blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and even sacrificed their sons ^(B)whom they bore to Me, passing them through the fire, to devour them.

²⁶ and I pronounced them unclean because of their ritual gifts, in that they caused all ^[a]their firstborn to pass ^(A)through the fire, that I might make them desolate and that they ^(B)might know that I am the Lord.” ’

^20 (A)“Moreover you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore to Me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your acts of harlotry a small matter, ²¹ that you have slain My children and offered them up to them by causing them to pass through the ^(B)fire?