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19 “Not only that, you took the food I gave you—my fine flour, olive oil, and honey with which I fed you, and you offered[a] them to those gods[b] in order to appease them.[c] That’s exactly what happened,” says the Lord God. 20 “Then you took your sons and daughters whom you bore for me and sacrificed them for your idols to eat. As though your prostitutions were an insignificant thing, 21 you also slaughtered my sons and offered them to idols, incinerating them in fire.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:19 Or set
  2. Ezekiel 16:19 The Heb. lacks to those gods
  3. Ezekiel 16:19 Lit. gods as a pleasing aroma
  4. Ezekiel 16:21 The Heb. lacks in fire

19 Also the food I provided for you—the flour, olive oil and honey I gave you to eat—you offered as fragrant incense before them. That is what happened, declares the Sovereign Lord.(A)

20 “‘And you took your sons and daughters(B) whom you bore to me(C) and sacrificed them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough?(D) 21 You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols.(E)

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