Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’And you took your sons and daughters whom you bore to me and sacrificed them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough? New 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? English 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 Berean Standard Bible You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough? King James Bible 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, New King James Version “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, New American Standard Bible “Furthermore, you took your sons and daughters whom you had borne to Me and sacrificed them to idols to be devoured. Were your obscene practices a trivial matter? NASB 1995 “Moreover, you took your sons and daughters whom you had borne to Me and sacrificed them to idols to be devoured. Were your harlotries so small a matter? NASB 1977 “Moreover, you took your sons and daughters whom you had borne to Me, and you sacrificed them to idols to be devoured. Were your harlotries so small a matter? Legacy Standard Bible “Moreover, you took your sons and daughters, whom you had borne to Me, and sacrificed them to idols to be devoured. Were your harlotries so small a matter? Amplified Bible “Moreover, you took your sons and your daughters whom you had borne to Me, and you destroyed them as sacrifices [to your man-made gods]. Were your gross immoralities so small a matter? Christian 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? Holman Christian 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? American Standard 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. Were thy whoredoms a small matter, Contemporary English Version But you did something even worse than that--you sacrificed your own children to those idols! English Revised 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. Were thy whoredoms a small matter, GOD'S WORD® Translation " 'You took your sons and daughters, who belonged to me, and you sacrificed them as food to idols. Wasn't your prostitution enough? Good News Translation "Then you took the sons and the daughters you had borne me and offered them as sacrifices to idols. Wasn't it bad enough to be unfaithful to me, International Standard Version "Then you took your sons and daughters whom you bore for me and sacrificed them for your idols to eat. As though your prostitutions were an insignificant thing, Majority Standard Bible You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough? NET Bible "'You took your sons and your daughters whom you bore to me and you sacrificed them as food for the idols to eat. As if your prostitution not enough, New Heart English Bible "'Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and you have sacrificed these to them to be devoured. Was your prostitution a small matter, Webster's Bible Translation Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne to me, and these hast thou sacrificed to them to be devoured. Is this of thy lewdness a small matter, World English Bible “‘“Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and you have sacrificed these to them to be devoured. Was your prostitution a small matter, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd you take your sons and your daughters whom you have born to Me, "" And sacrifice them to them for food. Is it a little thing because of your whoredoms, Young's Literal Translation 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, Smith's Literal Translation And thou wilt take thy sons and thy daughters which thou didst bear to me, and thou wilt sacrifice them for these to eat From thy fornication is it small? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd thou hast taken thy sons, and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne to me: and best sacrificed the same to them to be devoured. Is thy fornication small? Catholic Public Domain Version And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore for me, and you immolated them to be devoured. Is your fornication a small matter? New American Bible The sons and daughters you bore for me you took and offered as sacrifices for them to devour! Was it not enough that you had become a prostitute? New Revised Standard Version You took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. As if your whorings were not enough! Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMoreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and these you have sacrificed to them for food. These things you did besides your whoredoms, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And you took your sons and your daughters that you bore to me, and you sacrificed them as food, beside your fornications OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Moreover 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 harlotries a small matter, Brenton Septuagint Translation And thou tookest thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou borest, land didst sacrifice these to them to be destroyed. Thou didst go a-whoring as if that were little, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jerusalem's Unfaithfulness…19And you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD. 20You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough? 21You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols.… Cross References Leviticus 18:21 You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD. Deuteronomy 12:31 You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods. 2 Kings 17:17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. 2 Kings 21:6 He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. Jeremiah 7:31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind. Jeremiah 19:5 They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind. Jeremiah 32:35 They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin. Psalm 106:37-38 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. / They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. 2 Chronicles 28:3 Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. 2 Chronicles 33:6 He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. Isaiah 57:5 who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? Hosea 4:13-14 They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. / I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin. Micah 6:7 Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? Romans 1:24-25 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. / They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. 1 Corinthians 10:20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. Treasury of Scripture Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Is this of your prostitutions a small matter, thy sons Ezekiel 16:21 That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? Ezekiel 23:4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. Genesis 17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. and these Ezekiel 20:26,31 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD… Ezekiel 23:37,39 That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them… 2 Kings 16:3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. be devoured [heb] devour Ezekiel 8:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. Jeremiah 2:34,35 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these… Jump to Previous Behaviour Bore Born Borne Daughters Devoured Enough Food Hadst Harlotries Idols Lewdness Matter Moreover Offering Prostitution Sacrifice Sacrificed Small WhoredomsJump to Next Behaviour Bore Born Borne Daughters Devoured Enough Food Hadst Harlotries Idols Lewdness Matter Moreover Offering Prostitution Sacrifice Sacrificed Small WhoredomsEzekiel 16 1. Under the parable of a wretched infant is shown the natural state of Jerusalem6. God's extraordinary love toward her, 15. Her grievous judgment 35. Her sin, equal to her mother, 46. and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria, 59. calls for judgments 60. Mercy is promised her in the end And you took your sons and daughters This phrase highlights the grievous actions of the Israelites, who took their own children, a gift from God, and used them in idolatrous practices. The Hebrew word for "took" (לָקַח, laqach) implies a deliberate action, indicating the conscious decision to engage in such abominable acts. Sons and daughters are often seen as blessings and heritage from the Lord (Psalm 127:3), and this act of taking them for idolatry underscores the depth of Israel's spiritual adultery. whom you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols Was your prostitution not enough? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You even tookוַתִּקְחִ֞י (wat·tiq·ḥî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 3947: To take the sons בָּנַ֤יִךְ (bā·na·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 1121: A son and daughters בְּנוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ (bə·nō·w·ṯa·yiḵ) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 1323: A daughter you bore יָלַ֣דְתְּ (yā·laḏt) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage to Me לִ֔י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew and sacrificed וַתִּזְבָּחִ֥ים (wat·tiz·bā·ḥîm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice them לָהֶ֖ם (lā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew as food to idols. לֶאֱכ֑וֹל (le·’ĕ·ḵō·wl) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 398: To eat Was your prostitution מִתַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃ (mit·taz·nū·ṯā·yiḵ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 8457: Harlotry, idolatry not enough? הַמְעַ֖ט (ham·‘aṭ) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few Links Ezekiel 16:20 NIVEzekiel 16:20 NLT Ezekiel 16:20 ESV Ezekiel 16:20 NASB Ezekiel 16:20 KJV Ezekiel 16:20 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 16:20 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 16:20 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 16:20 French Bible Ezekiel 16:20 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 16:20 Moreover you have taken your sons (Ezek. 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