Ezekiel 16:20-21

Ezekiel 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.  Is this of thy whoredoms  a small matter,  [21] That thou hast slain  my children,  and delivered  them to cause them to pass through  the fire for them?

What does Ezekiel 16:20-21 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Jerusalem went so far as slaying her own children as sacrifices to idols disregarding the fact that they were also the Lord"s children ( 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Kings 21:6; 2 Kings 23:10; 2 Chronicles 28:3; Jeremiah 32:35; cf. Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 20:1-5; Deuteronomy 12:30-32). Evidently the idolaters first slew the children and then burned their dead bodies as sacrifices.