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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. Were your prostitution a small matter,
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A Deeply Personal Betrayal
Commentators unanimously emphasize the phrase "whom thou hast borne unto me." The children sacrificed to idols were not just Israel's; they were God's children by covenant. God viewed Himself as a husband and Israel as His wife. Therefore, this act was not only a monstrous crime against humanity but a direct, personal, and grievous injury against God, depriving Him of the children He considered His own.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Borne unto me - me is emphatic. The children of Yahweh have been devoted to Moloch. The rites of Moloch were twofold:
19th Century
Anglican
Have sacrificed to them, i.e., have sacrificed the children to the idols. This was a terrible development of the later id…
16th Century
Protestant
Here God blames them for another crime: sacrificing their offspring to idols. This was a very blind superstition, by which parents cast off their h…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters Their own flesh and blood; which were more than to take their c…
In this chapter, God's dealings with the Jewish nation and their conduct toward Him are described, along with their punishment through the surround…
