Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 16:21

21 That thou hast slain my children , and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them.

Thy blind Superstition call'd this Religion, and accounted it Sacrifice, but truth is, 'twas unnatural Murther; it is as if thou hadst cut their Throat, somewhat worse, because it put them to greater torture. The word is us'd Isai. 57.5. and Hos. 5.2.

Sons here are first born, which peculiarly were devoted to God, he reserved a special right in these, and yet this cruel Mother, this perfidious Wife, this sacrilegious Adulteress sacrificeth these to her Idols.

Either gave them to the Idols Priests, or rather with her own hands gave them, i e. led them through the fire, if lustrated, or put them into the Idols arms of Brass or Iron, which grasp't them fast whilest they were consum'd with fire, that made the Idol red hot.

For the Idols Worship, or possibly for the Parents, who did wickedly imagine this a way to preserve and prosper the rest of their Children.

Marginal references: Heb. Sons