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. 33 The (F)dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth; and no one will frighten them away.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:31 Lit heart
  2. Jeremiah 7:32 Or until there is no place left

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