30 “For the Judeans have done what is evil in my sight.” This is the Lord’s declaration. “They have set up their abhorrent things(A) in the house that bears my name in order to defile it.(B) 31 They have built the high places of Topheth[a](C) in Ben Hinnom Valley[b](D) in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire,(E) a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought.

32 “Therefore, look, the days are coming”(F)—the Lord’s declaration—“when this place will no longer be called Topheth and Ben Hinnom Valley, but Slaughter Valley.(G) Topheth will become a cemetery,[c] because there will be no other burial place.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:31 Lit of the fireplace
  2. 7:31 A valley south of Jerusalem
  3. 7:32 Lit They will bury in Topheth

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