² He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight,^(A) imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.^(B)

⁶ He sacrificed his son in the fire,^[a](A) practised witchcraft and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists.^(B) He did a huge amount of evil in the Lord’s sight, angering him.^(C)

³⁰ ‘For the Judeans have done what is evil in my sight.’ This is the Lord’s declaration. ‘They have set up their abhorrent things^(A) in the house that bears my name in order to defile it.^(B)