³¹ They have built the high places of Topheth^[a](A) in Ben Hinnom Valley^[b](B) in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire,^(C) a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought.

⁵ They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, something I have never commanded or mentioned; I never entertained the thought.^[a](A)

³⁷ For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; they have committed adultery with their idols. And the children they bore to me they have sacrificed in the fire^[a] as food for the idols.^(A)