Ephraem the Syrian
Your sons and daughters, whom you have brought into existence, you have sacrificed and slain, offering them to idols as you engaged in acts of immorality with them. These children, whom I entrusted to you while you recognized me as your Lord and Father, and before you turned to acts of unfaithfulness and idol worship, you cruelly offered for destruction in the madness of your unclean desires for those false gods.