Isaiah 30:33
New American Standard Bible
33 For [a](A)Topheth has long been ready,
Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.
He has made it deep and large,
[b]A pyre of fire with plenty of wood;
The (B)breath of the Lord, like a torrent of (C)brimstone, sets it afire.
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- Isaiah 30:33 I.e., the place of human sacrifice to Molech
- Isaiah 30:33 Lit Its pile
Jeremiah 7:31-32
New American Standard Bible
31 They have (A)built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, to (B)burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I (C)did not command, and it did not come into My [a]mind.
32 “(D)Therefore, behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when it will no longer be called Topheth, or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of the Slaughter; for they will (E)bury in Topheth [b]because there is no other place.
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- Jeremiah 7:31 Lit heart
- Jeremiah 7:32 Or until there is no place left
Jeremiah 19:4-6
New American Standard Bible
4 Since they have (A)abandoned Me and have (B)made this place foreign, and have burned [a]sacrifices in it to (C)other gods that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and since they have filled this place with the (D)blood of the innocent 5 and have built the (E)high places of Baal to burn their (F)sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, a thing which I did not command nor speak of, nor did it ever enter My [b]mind; 6 therefore, behold, (G)days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when this place will no longer be called (H)Topheth or (I)the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but rather the Valley of Slaughter.
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- Jeremiah 19:4 Or incense
- Jeremiah 19:5 Lit heart
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