and I defiled them by their gifts, in that they caused all that open the womb to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Jehovah.

There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices divination, or conjuring, or fortunetelling, or sorcery,

For all who do these things are an abomination unto Jehovah, and because of these abominations Jehovah your God is dispossessing them before you.

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons,

Thus they were defiled with their own works, and went whoring with their deeds.

They have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I did not command them, nor did it even come into My heart.

They have also built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I never commanded nor spoke, nor did it even come into My mind.

Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live, says the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.

Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. Should I be inquired of at all by them?

Therefore speak to them, and say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I, Jehovah will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols,

And when Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.

And when Saul inquired of Jehovah, Jehovah did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by the prophets.

And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother. But the king of Israel said to him, No, for Jehovah has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

And Elisha said, As Jehovah of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not pay attention to you, nor look at you.

For what is the hope of the hypocrite when he is cut off, when God draws out his soul?

Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he always call upon God?

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear.

when your terror comes like a storm; and your devastation arrives like a tempest, when distress and anguish come upon you.

Then they shall call upon me, and I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me.

He who turns away his ear from hearing the Law, even his prayer is an abomination.

And when you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you. Even though you multiply prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

Therefore it has come to pass that, just as He called, and they would not hear; so they called, and I did not hear, says Jehovah of Hosts.

Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us!

But he answered and said, Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.

Where do wars and fightings come from among you? Do they not come from your lusts that war in your members?

You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your lusts.