Ezekiel 16:20
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,
Context
This verse from Ezekiel Chapter 16 connects to 10 cross-references. The extended allegory of the unfaithful wife: Jerusalem is like an abandoned infant rescued, raised to beauty, and betrothed by God, who then prostituted herself to every nation worse than Samaria or Sodom. Yet God will remember the covenant made …
Other Translations
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. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,
And thou dost take thy sons and thy daughters Whom thou hast born to Me, And dost sacrifice them to them for food. Is it a little thing because of thy whoredoms,
And you took your sons and your daughters whom I had by you, offering even these to them to be their food. Was your loose behaviour so small a thing,
Cross References
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an …
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of …
That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a …
Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto …
That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God …
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the …
And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he …
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols …
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?