²⁰ “‘You even took your sons and daughters you bore to me and sacrificed them to these images as food.^(A) Wasn’t your prostitution enough? ²¹ You slaughtered my children and gave them up when you passed them through the fire^(B) to the images.

²⁶ When they sacrificed every firstborn in the fire,^[a](A) I defiled them through their gifts in order to devastate them so they would know that I am the Lord.’^(B)

³¹ When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your children in the fire,^[a](A) you still continue to defile yourselves with all your idols today. So should I let you inquire of me, house of Israel? As I live—this is the declaration of the Lord God—I will not let you inquire of me!