Jer 19:5, 32:35, Eze 23:27 | JFB | e4.org | 5. commanded not —nay, more, I commanded the opposite ( ; see ).

‏ Jeremiah 19:5

5. commanded not—nay, more, I commanded the opposite (Le 18:21; see Jer 7:31, 32).

‏ Jeremiah 32:35

35. cause . . . pass through . . . fire—By way of purification, they passed through with bare feet (Le 18:21).

Molech—meaning "king"; the same as Milcom (1Ki 11:33).

I commanded . . . not—This cuts off from the superstitious the plea of a good intention. All "will-worship" exposes to God's wrath (Col 2:18, 23).

‏ Ezekiel 23:27

27. Thus . . . make . . . lewdness to cease—The captivity has made the Jews ever since abhor idolatry, not only on their return from Babylon, but for the last eighteen centuries of their dispersion, as foretold (Ho 3:4).