³ but he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. ^(A)He even burned his son as an offering,^{[a] (B)}according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.

²¹ You shall not give any of your children to ^(A)offer them^[a] to ^(B)Molech, and so ^(C)profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

³⁷ For ^(A)they have committed adultery, ^(B)and blood is on their hands. With their idols they have committed adultery, and they have even ^(C)offered up^[a] to them for food the children whom they had borne to me.