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30 For the people [a] of Judah have done evil in my eyes,” declares[b] Yahweh, “They have set their abominations in the house that is called by my name,[c] to defile it. 31 And they built the high place of Topheth, which is in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I have not commanded, and it did not come into my mind.[d] 32 Therefore look, days are about to come,” declares[e] Yahweh, “and it will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of the Slaughter, and they will bury in Topheth until there is no more place.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:30 Or “children”
  2. Jeremiah 7:30 Literally “a declaration of”
  3. Jeremiah 7:30 Literally “my name over it”
  4. Jeremiah 7:31 Or “heart”
  5. Jeremiah 7:32 Literally “a declaration of”
  6. Jeremiah 7:32 Literally “from there is no place”

The Valley of Slaughter

30 “‘The people of Judah have done evil(A) in my eyes, declares the Lord. They have set up their detestable idols(B) in the house that bears my Name and have defiled(C) it. 31 They have built the high places of Topheth(D) in the Valley of Ben Hinnom(E) to burn their sons and daughters(F) in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.(G) 32 So beware, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when people will no longer call it Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter,(H) for they will bury(I) the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.

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