When some in ancient Israel adopted the pagan ritual of burning their children in sacrifice to false gods, Jehovah condemned such a hateful practice, defining it as ‘ a thing that he had not commanded and that had not come up into his heart. ’ ​ — Jeremiah 7: 31.
בימי עם ישראל הקדום היו שאימצו את הטקס האלילי לשרוף את ילדיהם כקורבן לאלילי כזב.