Ezekiel 16:21
That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?
Cross-reference
In Ezekiel 16:45, Israel is called a daughter who loathed her children — directly explaining the motive behind sacrificing them in 16:21.
In Ezekiel 16:38, God judges her as an adulteress and murderer — the same context as child sacrifice in 16:21, linking the bloodshed to judgment.
Ezekiel 16:36 later in the same chapter reiterates 'the blood of your children' given to idols, reinforcing the charge.
Ezekiel 16:20 immediately precedes this verse, accusing Jerusalem of sacrificing the children God gave them.
In Ezekiel 23:37, the same accusation: they committed adultery with idols and sacrificed their sons by passing them through fire.
In Ezekiel 20:26, God says He made Israel unclean by causing firstborn to pass through fire — the same practice of child sacrifice described in 16:21.
Leviticus 20:1-5 prescribes death for child sacrifice to Molech, showing the severity of the sin condemned here.
Psalm 106:37 directly echoes the child sacrifice to demons, providing a historical parallel to Israel's sin condemned here.
2 Kings 23:10 describes Josiah defiling Topheth to stop child sacrifices, revealing the practice's prevalence and abolition.
2 Kings 21:6 gives a concrete example: King Manasseh burned his son, showing this practice was real and condemned.
2 Kings 17:17 records the same child sacrifice practice by Israel, which led to their exile — a historical parallel to this indictment.
Deuteronomy 18:10 prohibits child sacrifice as an abomination, reinforcing the condemnation of Israel's practice here.
Leviticus 18:21 is the law prohibiting child sacrifice to Molech, which Israel flagrantly violated here.
2 Chronicles 28:3 gives a parallel account of Ahaz burning his sons, reinforcing the historical reality of child sacrifice.
Jeremiah 19:5 directly describes burning sons to Baal, matching the child sacrifice condemned in Ezekiel.
Jeremiah 32:35 details offering sons and daughters to Molech in the Valley of Hinnom, the same abomination.
2 Kings 16:3 records King Ahaz burning his son, another historical parallel to the sacrifice denounced here.
Leviticus 20:2 is the law forbidding child sacrifice to Molech, which Ezekiel's audience has violated.
In Micah 6:7, the question of offering a firstborn for sin reflects the same abhorrent practice of child sacrifice condemned in Ezekiel 16:21.