Ahaz then stooped further and burned his children to the pagan god Molech. The furnace would be heated white hot in the belly of a metal image and babies would be thrown in to their death. We say no generation would destroy it's children like that, but look at ours, we do it in other ways. It's only when we learn to communicate with a living God that we learn to communicate with other people. In this, we learn how to forgive as we have been forgiven and deal with people out of love as we have been loved.
Sin is a terrible thing.
It shows up in our children, grandchildren, and their grandchildren unless someone repents and loves the Lord. Grandmother Lois taught the love of God to daughter Eunice who taught the love of God to her son, Timothy, who taught the love of God to countless others. We can't teach our children to love and obey God if our own passion and love for God is lukewarm. Our calendar and our checkbook reveal more about us than we'd ever want to think. If we believe that God is worthy of worship, than we're going to have to have a fire in our soul for Him if others are going to pick up the benefit of our relationship.