And thus it was, &c.— Houbigant begins the next verse with this clause, which he reads thus; Nay, moreover, saith the Lord God; and he ends the 20th verse with the word devoured, and begins the 21st verse thus, Was it a small matter for thee to have played the harlot, that thou must also slay my children, and deliver them to be consecrated unto them? The allusion here seems to be to the horrid sacrifices of Moloch.
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Ezekiel 16:19
19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweeth savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.