Jeremiah 19:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

They have built high places to Baal to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I did not command or speak of, nor did it ever enter My mind.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    They have also built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I commanded not, nor spoke it, nor did it come into my mind:

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and have built{H1129} the high places{H1116} of Baal,{H1168} to burn{H8313} their sons{H1121} in the fire{H784} for burnt-offerings{H5930} unto Baal;{H1168} which I commanded{H6680} not, nor spake{H1696} it, neither came{H5927} it into my mind:{H3820}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    They have built{H1129}{(H8804)} also the high places{H1116} of Baal{H1168}, to burn{H8313}{(H8800)} their sons{H1121} with fire{H784} for burnt offerings{H5930} unto Baal{H1168}, which I commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} not, nor spake{H1696}{(H8765)} it, neither came{H5927}{(H8804)} it into my mind{H3820}:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    for they haue set vp an aulter vnto Baal, to burne their children for a burntoffringe vnto Baal, which I nether commaunded, ner charged them, nether thought once there vpon.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And they haue built the hie places of Baal, to burne their sonnes with fire for burnt offrings vnto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my minde)

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And they haue set vp an aulter vnto Baal, to burne their children for a burnt offring vnto Baal, whiche I neither commaunded nor charged them, neither thought once thervpon.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire [for] burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake [it], neither came [it] into my mind:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal; which I didn't command, nor spoke it, neither came it into my mind:

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons with fire, burnt-offerings to Baal, that I commanded not, nor spake of, nor did it come up on My heart.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And they have put up the high places of the Baal, burning their sons in the fire; a thing which was not ordered by me, and it was never in my mind:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal; which I didn't command, nor spoke it, neither came it into my mind:

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They have built places here for worship of the god Baal so that they could sacrifice their children as burnt offerings to him in the fire. Such sacrifices are something I never commanded them to make! They are something I never told them to do! Indeed, such a thing never even entered my mind!

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 18:21 : 21 Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
  • Jer 32:35 : 35 They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Hinnom’s Son to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech, something I never commanded nor even considered in My heart. They committed this detestable act to make Judah sin.
  • Ps 106:37-38 : 37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. 38 They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
  • Num 22:41 : 41 The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, from where he could see the outskirts of the people.
  • Deut 12:31 : 31 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because they practice for their gods every abomination that the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
  • 2 Kgs 17:17 : 17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire, practiced divination and sorcery, and sold themselves to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.
  • 2 Chr 28:3 : 3 He burned sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, following the detestable practices of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  • Ezek 16:20-21 : 20 You even took the sons and daughters you bore to me and sacrificed them to the idols as food. Was your prostitution not enough? 21 You slaughtered my children and offered them up by making them pass through fire to these idols.
  • Ezek 20:26 : 26 I defiled them through their own gifts, by making them cause all their firstborn to pass through the fire, in order to devastate them and make them know that I am the LORD.
  • Ezek 38:10 : 10 This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your heart, and you will devise an evil plan.
  • Dan 2:29 : 29 As for you, O king, your thoughts came into your mind while on your bed about what would happen in the future, and He who reveals mysteries has made known to you what is to come.
  • Jer 7:31-32 : 31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind. 32 So beware! The days are coming, declares the LORD, when it will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 7:30-32
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    90%

    30 For the people of Judah have done evil in my sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their detestable idols in the house that bears my name to defile it.

    31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.

    32 So beware! The days are coming, declares the LORD, when it will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.

  • Jer 32:34-35
    2 verses
    89%

    34 They set up detestable idols in the house that bears My name and defiled it.

    35 They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Hinnom’s Son to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech, something I never commanded nor even considered in My heart. They committed this detestable act to make Judah sin.

  • Jer 19:4
    81%

    4 For they have abandoned Me and made this place foreign. They have burned incense here to other gods—gods that neither they, their ancestors, nor the kings of Judah have known. And they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.

  • Jer 19:6
    79%

    6 So beware! The days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.

  • 2 Chr 28:3-4
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    78%

    3 He burned sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, following the detestable practices of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

    4 He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

  • 2 Kgs 23:10
    76%

    10 He defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, so no one could make his son or daughter pass through the fire to Molech.

  • Deut 12:31
    75%

    31 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because they practice for their gods every abomination that the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.

  • Ezek 16:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 You even took the sons and daughters you bore to me and sacrificed them to the idols as food. Was your prostitution not enough?

    21 You slaughtered my children and offered them up by making them pass through fire to these idols.

  • 2 Kgs 17:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16 They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God. They made for themselves two cast idols in the form of calves, made an Asherah pole, worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

    17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire, practiced divination and sorcery, and sold themselves to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.

  • Ezek 23:37
    74%

    37 For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, passing them through the fire as food for their idols.

  • Ezek 23:39
    74%

    39 When they slaughtered their children as sacrifices to their idols, they came to my sanctuary on the same day to desecrate it. See, this is what they have done in my house.

  • Jer 7:22
    73%

    22 For when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to them or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.

  • Ezek 20:26-29
    4 verses
    72%

    26 I defiled them through their own gifts, by making them cause all their firstborn to pass through the fire, in order to devastate them and make them know that I am the LORD.

    27 Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Yet in this, your fathers blasphemed me by acting treacherously against me.'

    28 When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them, and they saw every high hill and every leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there, provoked me with their offerings, placed their pleasing aromas, and poured out their drink offerings there.

    29 I said to them: What is this high place to which you go? (It is called 'High Place' to this day.)

  • Ps 106:37-38
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    72%

    37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

    38 They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

  • Jer 1:16
    71%

    16 I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their evil in forsaking Me, burning incense to other gods, and worshiping the works of their own hands.

  • 2 Kgs 22:17
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    17 ‘Because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, provoking Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore, My wrath is kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched.’

  • Jer 44:3
    71%

    3 This happened because of their wickedness in provoking me to anger by burning incense and worshiping other gods—gods they, you, and your ancestors did not know.

  • Jer 19:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12 This is what I will do to this place and to its inhabitants, declares the LORD: I will make this city like Topheth.

    13 The houses in Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will become defiled like this place, Topheth—all the houses where they burned incense on their roofs to all the starry hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods.

  • Lev 18:21
    71%

    21 Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 34:25
    71%

    25 Because they have abandoned Me and burned incense to other gods, provoking Me to anger with all the works of their hands, My wrath will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched.'

  • 2 Kgs 17:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 There, on all the high places, they burned incense as the nations whom the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did wicked things that provoked the Lord to anger.

    12 They served idols, about which the Lord had said to them, 'You shall not do this thing.'

  • 2 Kgs 17:31
    70%

    31 The Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire as sacrifices to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

  • Hos 11:2
    70%

    2 But the more they were called, the more they went away from them; they sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to the carved images.

  • 2 Chr 33:6
    70%

    6 He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination, sought omens, practiced witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger.

  • Jer 7:18
    70%

    18 The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods, provoking me to anger.

  • 2 Kgs 16:3
    70%

    3 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and even sacrificed his son in the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

  • Isa 57:5
    70%

    5 You burn with lust among the oaks, under every green tree; you slaughter children in the valleys, under crags of the cliffs.

  • Jer 44:5
    70%

    5 But they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness and to stop burning incense to other gods.

  • Jer 32:29
    69%

    29 The Chaldeans who are fighting against the city will enter it, set it on fire, and burn it along with the houses where incense was offered to Baal on their rooftops and drink offerings were poured out to other gods, provoking Me to anger.

  • Jer 44:21
    69%

    21 Does the burning of incense you, your ancestors, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land did in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem not remain in the LORD's memory and come to his attention?

  • Lev 26:30
    69%

    30 I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and my soul will reject you.

  • Ezek 20:31
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    31 When you offer your gifts and make your children pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Shall I let you inquire of me, house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will not let you inquire of me.

  • Jer 19:2
    69%

    2 Go out to the Valley of Ben-Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate, and there proclaim the words I tell you.

  • Jer 11:13
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    13 For your gods, Judah, are as numerous as your cities; and the altars you have set up to the shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal, are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.

  • Hos 8:14
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    14 Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many cities. But I will send fire on their cities, and it will devour their strongholds.

  • Jer 9:14
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    14 Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'See, I will feed this people with bitter food and give them poisoned water to drink.'

  • Jer 11:17
    69%

    17 The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has pronounced disaster against you because of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done to provoke me by burning incense to Baal.