Wisdom 12:4-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 whom you hated for deeds most odious—
works of sorcery and impious sacrifices;
5 These merciless murderers of children,
devourers of human flesh,[a]
and initiates engaged in a blood ritual,
Wisdom 14:15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 [a]For a father, afflicted with untimely mourning,
made an image of the child so quickly taken from him,
And now honored as a god what once was dead
and handed down to his household mysteries and sacrifices.
Footnotes
- 14:15–21 The author develops two examples of idolatry: cult of the dead, and cult of the king.
Isaiah 57:5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 You who burn with lust among the oaks,
under every green tree;
You who immolate children in the wadies,
among the clefts of the rocks?[a](A)
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