Milcom to Molech

11-1KI/11.usfm

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 \v 4 By the time that Solomon became old, they had persuaded him to worship the gods from their countries. He was not completely dedicated to Yahweh his God like his father David had been.
 
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-\v 5 Solomon worshiped Asherah, the goddess that the people of Sidon worshiped, and he worshiped Milcom, the disgusting god that the Ammon people group worshiped.
+\v 5 Solomon worshiped Asherah, the goddess that the people of Sidon worshiped, and he worshiped Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people group worshiped.
 \v 6 Thus Solomon did many things that Yahweh said were evil. He did not conduct his life as his father David had done; he did not conduct his life as Yahweh wanted him to.
 
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 \v 31 He said to Jeroboam, "Take ten of these pieces for yourself, because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship, says to you, 'I am going to tear the kingdom from Solomon, and I am going to enable you to become the ruler of ten of the tribes of Israel.
 \v 32 Solomon's descendants will still rule one tribe, because of what I promised David, a man who served me very well, and because of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen from all the cities in Israel to be the city where my people will worship me.
-\v 33 I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has been worshiping Asherah, the goddess that the people of Sidon worship, Chemosh, the god that the Moab people group worships, and Milcom, the god that the Ammon people group worships. He has not conducted his life as I wanted him to. He has not obeyed my statutes and decrees, as his father David did.
+\v 33 I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has been worshiping Asherah, the goddess that the people of Sidon worship, Chemosh, the god that the Moab people group worships, and Molech, the god that the Ammon people group worships. He has not conducted his life as I wanted him to. He has not obeyed my statutes and decrees, as his father David did.
 
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12-2KI/23.usfm

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 \v 12 Josiah also commanded his servants to tear down the altars that the previous kings of Judah had built on the palace roof, above the room where King Ahaz had stayed. They also tore down the altars that had been built by King Manasseh in the two courtyards outside the temple. He commanded that they be smashed to pieces and thrown down into the Kidron Valley.
-\v 13 He also commanded that the altars that King Solomon had built east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Olives—the so-called Mount of Corruption—be desecrated. Solomon had built them for the worship of the disgusting idols—the statue of the goddess Ashtoreth worshiped by the people in the city of Sidon, Chemosh the god of the Moab people group, and Milcom the god of the Ammon people group.
+\v 13 He also commanded that the altars that King Solomon had built east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Olives—the so-called Mount of Corruption—be desecrated. Solomon had built them for the worship of the disgusting idols—the statue of the goddess Ashtoreth worshiped by the people in the city of Sidon, Chemosh the god of the Moab people group, and Molech the god of the Ammon people group.
 \v 14 They also broke into pieces the stone pillars that the Israelite people worshiped, and cut down the poles that honored the goddess Asherah, and they scattered the ground there with human bones to desecrate it.
 
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24-JER/16.usfm

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 \v 16 But now I am summoning your enemies who will seize them like fishermen catch fish. I am summoning those who will search for them on every mountain and hill, and in every cave, like hunters search for animals to kill.
 \v 17 I am watching them carefully. I see every sin that they commit. They will not be able to hide from me .
-\v 18 Because of all the wicked things that they have done , I will punish them twice as much as I would punish other people. I will do that because they have caused my own land to become unacceptable to me because of their worshiping lifeless statues of detestable gods, and also because they have filled my land with the other evil things that they have done."
+\v 18 Because of all the wicked things that they have done, I will punish them twice as much as I would punish other people. I will do that because they have caused my own land to become unacceptable to me because of their worshiping lifeless statues of detestable gods, and also because they have filled my land with the other evil things that they have done."
 
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-\v 19 Then I prayed, saying, "Yahweh, you are the one who strengthens me and protects me ;
+\v 19 Then I prayed, saying, "Yahweh, you are the one who strengthens me and protects me;
 \q2 you are the one to whom I go when I have troubles.
 \q1 Some day people from nations all over the world will come to you and say,
 \q2 'Our ancestors left us only something that was false;
-\q1 they worshiped idols that are completely worthless .
+\q1 they worshiped idols that are completely worthless.
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 \v 20 No one can make their own gods;
 \q2 the gods that they make are only idols; they are not real gods.'"
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 \v 21 Then Yahweh said, "Now I will show my power to the people of Judah;
-\q2 I will show them that I am truly very powerful .
+\q2 I will show them that I am truly very powerful.
 \q2 Then, finally, they will know that I, Yahweh, am the true God."
 
 

24-JER/17.usfm

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 \v 1 Yahweh said, "It is as though a list of the sins committed by the people of Judah is engraved with an iron chisel, or engraved using the fine point of a very hard stone,
 \q2 on their inner beings and on the altars where they worship their idols.
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-\v 2 Even their children fondly remember when they went to the altars for their gods, and to the poles that represent the goddess Asherah at which their parents worshiped,
-\q2 at the high places on the hills, where idols are worshiped, that are underneath all the big trees
+\v 2 Even their children remember when they went to the altars,
+\q1 and they went up to the poles that represent the goddess Asherah,
+\q2 and there they worshiped underneath all the big trees
 \q2 and on all the high hills.
 
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-\v 3 Their children remember these places on the hills. So I will allow your enemies to capture the mountain where you worship and the area around it,
-\q2 and all your wealth and your treasures. It will be like the spoils of war for them
-\q2 because of the sins that you people have committed throughout your land, and they will kill you.
+\v 3 Their children remember these places.
+\q1 And it was because of your idolatry and your worship on the hills,
+\q2 that I will allow your enemies to take away all your wealth and your treasures.
+\q1 They will take your possessions away
+\q2 because you sinned against Yahweh throughout your land.
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 \v 4 The wonderful land that I gave to you will no longer belong to you.
 \q1 I will tell your enemies to take you to a land that you do not know about,

24-JER/49.usfm

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-\v 1 This message is about the people who decended from Ammon. This is what Yahweh says:
+\v 1 This message is about the people who descended from Ammon. This is what Yahweh says:
 \q1 "There are plenty of Israelite people left
 \q2 to occupy the land of the tribe of Gad.
-\q1 So, why are the people who worship the god Milcom living in those towns?
+\q1 So, why are the people who worship the god Molech living in those towns?
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 \v 2 There will be a time when I will sound the battle cry
 \q2 for their enemies to attack their capital city, Rabbah.
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 \q1 You women in the city of Rabbah, weep;
 \q2 put on rough clothing to show you are mourning;
 \q1 run back and forth in confusion inside the city walls,
-\q2 because your god Milcom, along with its priests and officials, will be taken away in exile.
+\q2 because your god Molech, along with its priests and officials, will be taken away in exile.
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 \v 4 You are very proud of your very fertile valleys,
 \q2 but they will soon be ruined.