Ezekiel 20:31

31. through the fire—As "the fire" is omitted in :-, FAIRBAIRN represents the generation here referred to (namely, that of Ezekiel's day) as attaining the climax of guilt (see on :-), in making their children pass through the fire, which that former generation did not. The reason, however, for the omission of "the fire" in :- is, perhaps, that there it is implied the children only "passed through the fire" for purification, whereas here they are actually burnt to death before the idol; and therefore "the fire" is specified in the latter, not in the former case (compare 2 Kings 3:27).