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32 Therefore look, days are about to come,” declares[a] 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.[b] 33 And the dead bodies[c] of this people will be as food for the birds[d] of the heavens,[e] and for the animals[f] of the earth, without anyone to scare them[g] away. 34 And I will cause to disappear from the towns of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the sound of jubilation, and the sound of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, for the land will become a site of ruins.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:32 Literally “a declaration of”
  2. Jeremiah 7:32 Literally “from there is no place”
  3. Jeremiah 7:33 Hebrew “body”
  4. Jeremiah 7:33 Hebrew “bird”
  5. Jeremiah 7:33 Or “sky”
  6. Jeremiah 7:33 Hebrew “animal”
  7. Jeremiah 7:33 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

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,(A) for they will bury(B) the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. 33 Then the carcasses(C) of this people will become food(D) for the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.(E) 34 I will bring an end to the sounds(F) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom(G) in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem,(H) for the land will become desolate.(I)

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