And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings, and used divination and sorcery, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
Psalm 106:38 - Revised Standard Version they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: And the land was polluted with blood. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with their blood. American Standard Version (1901) And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood. Common English Bible They shed innocent blood, the blood of their own sons and daughters— the ones they sacrificed to Canaan’s false gods— so the land was defiled by the bloodshed. Catholic Public Domain Version And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly. And he did not diminish their beasts of burden. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he blessed them, and they were multiplied exceedingly: and their cattle he suffered not to decrease. |
And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings, and used divination and sorcery, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides the sin which he made Judah to sin so that they did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
and also for the innocent blood that he had shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon.
When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
The earth lies polluted under its inhabitants; for they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
For behold, the Lord is coming forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity, and the earth will disclose the blood shed upon her, and will no more cover her slain.
Because the people have forsaken me, and have profaned this place by burning incense in it to other gods whom neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have known; and because they have filled this place with the blood of innocents,
Also on your skirts is found the lifeblood of guiltless poor; you did not find them breaking in. Yet in spite of all these things
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 harlotries so small a matter
You shall say, Thus says the Lord God: A city that sheds blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself!
and make a desolation. “Because the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence,
You shall not give any of your children to devote them by fire to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
and the land became defiled, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
You shall not thus pollute the land in which you live; for blood pollutes the land, and no expiation can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of him who shed it.
So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.