Verses 34-35
34, 35. They set their abominations Their idols. A repetition of Jeremiah 7:30-31, except that Baal is put for “Tophet” and Molech for “in the fire.” Molech the king and Baal the lord are simply different names of the Sun-god, but in altered relations.
In the house The temple, which was still standing.
To pass through the fire This phrase, here and everywhere, as also the various kindred phrases, implies the literal burning of the children, though as we learn from Ezekiel 16:21, they may not have been burned alive, but slain first.
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