33 Indeed! Topheth has been ready(A)
for the king for a long time now.
Its funeral pyre is deep and wide,
with plenty of fire and wood.
The breath of the Lord,(B) like a torrent of brimstone,
kindles it.

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31 They have built the high places of Topheth[a](A) in the Valley of Hinnom[b](B) in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire,(C) a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought.[c]

32 “Therefore, take note! Days are coming”(D)—the Lord’s declaration—“when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.(E) 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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