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whom you bore for me
"who were my children"
you sacrificed them to the images to be devoured as food
"you sacrificed them to the images so that those images could devour them as food". Here Yahweh speaks of the people of Israel sacrificing their children to pagan idols. In these ancient pagan sacrifices, the people believed that the gods would eat the food that they offered to them.
Are your acts of prostitution a small matter?
"You must think that your acts of prostitution are a small matter." or "I do not think your acts of prostitution are a small matter."