Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominat
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Beho
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in th
He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did gr
So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there wa
He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to
Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.
You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am t
For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have
then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the L
You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enou
They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never c
when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fatten
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the m
He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.
After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fa