Jeremiah 19:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt-offerings unto Baal; which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבָנ֞וּ אֶת־בָּמ֣וֹת הַבַּ֗עַל לִשְׂרֹ֧ף אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֛ם בָּאֵ֖שׁ עֹל֣וֹת לַבָּ֑עַל אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־צִוִּ֙יתִי֙ וְלֹ֣א דִבַּ֔רְתִּי וְלֹ֥א עָלְתָ֖ה עַל־לִבִּֽי׃ פ

Transliteration

And-bānû ʾeṯ-bāmôṯ the-baʿal to-śərōp̄ ʾeṯ-bənêhem in-the-ʾēš ʿōlôṯ to-the-bāʿal ʾăšer not-ṣiwwîṯî and-not dibbartî and-not ʿālṯāh upon-libbî.

Grammar Details

*bānû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they built
*bāmôṯ*: noun, feminine plural construct - high places of
*baʿal*: proper noun - Baal
*śərōp̄*: qal infinitive construct - to burn
*bənêhem*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their sons
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular - fire
*ʿōlôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - burnt offerings
*bāʿal*: proper noun - Baal
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*ṣiwwîṯî*: piel perfect, 1st common singular - I commanded
*dibbartî*: piel perfect, 1st common singular - I spoke
*ʿālṯāh*: qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - it came up
*libbî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st common singular suffix - my heart

Word Meanings

*bānû*: built/constructed/established
*bāmôṯ*: high places/shrines/altars
*baʿal*: Baal (deity name)
*śərōp̄*: to burn/consume by fire
*bənêhem*: their sons/children/descendants
*ʾēš*: fire/flame
*ʿōlôṯ*: burnt offerings/holocausts/sacrifices
*ṣiwwîṯî*: I commanded/ordered/instructed
*dibbartî*: I spoke/said/declared
*ʿālṯāh*: came up/ascended/entered
*libbî*: my heart/mind/inner self

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Referenced Verses

Lev 18:21 : 21 And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through [the fire] to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
Jer 32:35 : 35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through [the fire] unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
Ps 106:37-38 : 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, 38 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.
Num 22:41 : 41 And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.
Deut 12:31 : 31 Thou shalt not do so unto Jehovah thy God: for every abomination to Jehovah, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.
2 Kgs 17:17 : 17 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.
2 Chr 28:3 : 3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.
Ezek 16:20-21 : 20 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, 21 that thou hast slain my children, and delivered them up, in causing them to pass through [the fire] unto them?
Ezek 20:26 : 26 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 Jehovah.
Ezek 38:10 : 10 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt devise an evil device:
Dan 2:29 : 29 as for thee, O king, thy thoughts came [into thy mind] upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter; and he that revealeth secrets hath made known to thee what shall come to pass.
Jer 7:31-32 : 31 And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into my mind. 32 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place [to bury].

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