Jeremiah 32:35
And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 19:6 pronounces judgment on Topheth, the place of child sacrifice mentioned in 32:35.
Jeremiah 19:5 repeats the charge of burning sons to Baal, echoing the same accusation in 32:35.
Jeremiah 7:31 earlier condemned the same child sacrifice in the Valley of Hinnom, which Jeremiah 32:35 recalls.
Jeremiah 19:2 is set in the same Valley of Hinnom, where Jeremiah prophesies judgment for this sin.
Psalm 106:37 confesses Israel's sacrificial child murder to demons, echoing the same sin as 32:35.
Ezekiel 23:37 accuses Israel of sacrificing their children to idols, the very sin Jeremiah highlights as detestable.
Ezekiel 16:21 continues the same accusation—slaughtering God's children as offerings to idols—reinforcing Jeremiah's condemnation.
Ezekiel 16:20 describes Israel sacrificing their own children to idols, directly mirroring the child sacrifice denounced in Jeremiah.
Isaiah 57:5 also condemns child sacrifice in idolatrous worship, using similar imagery of sacrificing children in ravines.
Psalm 106:38 expands on the bloodshed of child sacrifice, paralleling the abomination in 32:35.
Leviticus 18:21 explicitly forbids sacrificing children to Molek, showing the direct law that Israel violated in Jeremiah.
2 Chronicles 33:9 describes Manasseh leading Judah astray with abominations—directly echoing the child sacrifice and idolatry of this verse.
2 Chronicles 33:6 records Manasseh's child sacrifice in the same valley, directly parallel to 32:35.
2 Chronicles 28:3 specifically says Ahaz burned his sons in the Valley of Hinnom, matching the sin in 32:35.
2 Kings 23:10 records Josiah's defiling of Topheth, the very place where the child sacrifices of 32:35 occurred.
2 Kings 21:11 directly ties Manasseh's abominations, including child sacrifice, to making Judah sin—a specific parallel to this verse.
Deuteronomy 18:10 prohibits child sacrifice as a detestable practice, echoing the condemnation in Jeremiah.
Leviticus 20:2-5 prescribes the death penalty for child sacrifice to Molek, underscoring the gravity of the sin condemned.
2 Kings 16:3 records Ahaz making his son pass through fire, the same abomination described here.
Deuteronomy 12:31 explicitly forbids child sacrifice, which Judah commits here despite God's command.
Ezekiel 20:26 directly references causing children to pass through fire as a defiling judgment, matching this abomination.