Ezekiel 23:37
Context| NETBible | For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and their sons, whom they bore to me, 1 they have passed through the fire as food to their idols. 2 |
| XREF | Le 18:21; Le 20:2-5; De 12:31; 2Ki 17:17; 2Ki 21:6; 2Ki 24:4; Ps 106:37,38; Isa 1:15; Jer 7:6,9; Jer 7:31; Jer 32:35; Eze 16:20,21,36,45; Eze 16:32; Eze 16:36,38; Eze 20:26,31; Eze 22:2-4; Eze 23:4; Eze 23:5; Eze 23:39,45; Eze 24:6-9; Ho 1:2; Ho 3:1; Ho 4:2; Mic 3:10; Lu 13:34 |
| NET © Notes |
1 sn The Lord speaks here in the role of the husband of the sisters. 2 tn Heb “they have passed to them for food.” The verb is commonly taken to refer to passing children through fire, especially as an offering to the pagan god Molech. See Jer 32:35. |
