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Ezekiel 16:20–21

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20“ ‘And you took your sons and daughtersm whom you bore to men and sacrificed them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough?o 21You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols.p

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Cross references

  1. mSee Jer 7:31
  2. nEx 13:2
  3. oPs 106:37–38; See Isa 57:5; Eze 23:37
  4. pSee 2 Ki 17:17; See Jer 19:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your whorings so small a matter that you slaughtered my children and delivered them up as an offering by fire to them?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“ ‘You even took your sons and daughters you bore to me and sacrificed them to these images as food. Wasn’t your prostitution enough? You slaughtered my children and gave them up when you passed them through the fire to the images.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Then you took your sons and daughters—the children you had borne to me—and sacrificed them to your gods. Was your prostitution not enough? Must you also slaughter my children by sacrificing them to idols?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

‘And you took your sons and your daughters whom you had borne for me, and you sacrificed them to them to be eaten, as if your whorings were not enough. And you slaughtered my children, and you gave them to be sacrificed to them.

KJV 1900King James Version

Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?