Jeremiah 7:29-31

Good News Translation

Sinful Deeds in Hinnom Valley

²⁹“Mourn, people of Jerusalem;
    cut off your hair and throw it away.
Sing a funeral song on the hilltops,
    because I, the Lord, am angry
    and have rejected my people.

³⁰“The people of Judah have done an evil thing. They have placed their idols, which I hate, in my Temple and have defiled it. ³¹^(A)In Hinnom Valley they have built an altar called Topheth, so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters in the fire. I did not command them to do this—it did not even enter my mind.

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