30 “For the Judeans have done what is evil in My sight.” This is the Lord’s declaration. “They have set up their detestable things(A) in the house that is called by My name and defiled it.(B) 31 They have built the high places of Topheth[a](C) in the Valley of Hinnom[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.[c]

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

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:31 Lit of the fireplace
  2. Jeremiah 7:31 A valley south of Jerusalem
  3. Jeremiah 7:31 Lit command, and it did not arise on My heart
  4. Jeremiah 7:32 Lit They will bury in Topheth

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