Jeremiah 7:31-33

Expanded Bible

³¹ The people of Judah have built ·places of worship [^Lhigh places; ^Csites associated with pagan worship or inappropriate worship of God; Deut. 12] at Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom [2 Kin. 23:10–11]. There they burned their own sons and daughters as sacrifices, something I never commanded. It never even entered my ·mind [^Lheart; Lev. 18:21; Deut. 12:31; 18:10]. ³² So, I warn you. The days are coming, says the Lord, when people will not call this place Topheth [^C“Spit”] or the Valley of Ben Hinnom anymore. They will call it the Valley of ·Killing [Slaughter]. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no room to bury anyone else [19:1–15]. ³³ Then the ·bodies of the dead [corpses] will become food for the birds of the ·sky [heavens] and for the ·wild animals [^Lanimals of the earth]. There will be no one ·left alive to chase [^Lto frighten] them away.