⁵ They have built ·places on hilltops to worship [^Lhigh places to; ^Csites associated with pagan worship or inappropriate worship of God] Baal [^CGod of the Canaanites], where they burn their children in the fire to Baal. That is something I did not command or speak about; it never even ·entered my mind [^Lcame up in my heart; Lev. 18:21; Deut. 12:31; 18:10]. ⁶ Now people call this place the Valley of Ben Hinnom [2 Kin. 23:10–11] or Topheth [^C“Spit”], but the days are coming, says the Lord, when people will call it the Valley of Killing [Slaughter; 7:30–34].

⁷ “‘At this place I will ·ruin [make void] the plans of the people of Judah and Jerusalem. The enemy will chase them, and I will ·have them killed with swords [^Lmake them fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life]. I will make their ·dead bodies [corpses] food for the birds of the ·sky [heavens] and ·wild animals [^Lbeasts of the land/country].