2 Kings 17:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire , and practised divination and interpreted omens. They devoted themselves to do what was evil in the Lord’s sight and angered him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire and used divination and enchantments and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger. American Standard Version (1901) And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. Common English Bible They burned their sons and daughters alive. They practiced divination and sought omens. They gave themselves over to doing what was evil in the LORD’s eyes and made him angry. Catholic Public Domain Version And they consecrated their sons and their daughters through fire. And they devoted themselves to divinations and soothsaying. And they delivered themselves into the doing of evil before the Lord, so that they provoked him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And consecrated their sons, and their daughters through fire. And they gave themselves to divinations, and soothsayings. And they delivered themselves up to do evil before the Lord, to provoke him. |
For the Lord will strike Israel so that they will shake as a reed shakes in water. He will uproot Israel from this good soil that he gave to their ancestors. He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates because they made their Asherah poles, angering the Lord.
Ahab said to Elijah, ‘So, my enemy, you’ve found me, have you? ’ He replied, ‘I have found you because you devoted yourself to do what is evil in the Lord’s sight.
Still, there was no one like Ahab, who devoted himself to do what was evil in the Lord’s sight, because his wife Jezebel incited him.
but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even sacrificed his son in the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.
They burned incense there on all the high places just like the nations that the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did evil things, angering the Lord.
the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
He sacrificed his son in the fire, , practised witchcraft and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did a huge amount of evil in the Lord’s sight, angering him.
He burned incense in Ben Hinnom Valley and burned his children in , the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.
He passed his sons through the fire in Ben Hinnom Valley. He practised witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did a huge amount of evil in the Lord’s sight, angering him.
These two things will happen to you suddenly, in one day: loss of children and widowhood. They will happen to you in their entirety, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.
This is what the Lord says: Where is your mother’s divorce certificate that I used to send her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was sent away because of your transgressions.
When they say to you, ‘Enquire of the mediums and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,’ shouldn’t a people enquire of their God? Should they enquire of the dead on behalf of the living?
They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, something I have never commanded or mentioned; I never entertained the thought. ,
‘ “But you have not obeyed me” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #“with the result that you have angered me by the work of your hands and brought disaster on yourselves.”
So you should not listen to your prophets, diviners, dreamers, fortune-tellers, or sorcerers who say to you, “Don’t serve the king of Babylon! ”
They have built the high places of Topheth , in Ben Hinnom Valley , in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire, a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought.
You slaughtered my children and gave them up when you passed them through the fire to the images.
When they sacrificed every firstborn in the fire, , I defiled them through their gifts in order to devastate them so that they would know that I am the Lord.”
When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your children in the fire, , you still continue to defile yourselves with all your idols today. So should I let you enquire of me, house of Israel? As I live #– #this is the declaration of the Lord God #– #I will not let you enquire of me!
For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; they have committed adultery with their idols. And the children they bore to me they have sacrificed in the fire as food for the idols.
On the same day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered my sanctuary to profane it. Yes, that is what they did inside my house.
‘You are not to sacrifice any of your children in the fire to Molech. Do not profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.
‘You are not to eat anything with blood in it. , You are not to practise divination or witchcraft.
‘Do not turn to mediums , or consult spiritists, , or you will be defiled by them; I am the Lord your God.
I will remove sorceries from your hands, and you will not have any more fortune-tellers.
Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She made a large profit for her owners by fortune-telling.
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold as a slave under sin.
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
They provoked his jealousy with different gods; they enraged him with detestable practices.
‘When you have children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, and if you act corruptly, make an idol in the form of anything, and do what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, angering him,