Jeremiah 7:29-34
29 Cut off the hair of your sacred vow(a)(A) and throw it away. Raise up a dirge on the barren heights,(B) for the Lord has rejected and abandoned the generation under His wrath.(C)
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(D) in the house that is called by My name and defiled it.(E)
31 They have built the high places of Topheth(b)(F) in the Valley of Hinnom(c)(G) in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire,(H) a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought.(d)
32 “Therefore, take note! Days are coming”(I)—the Lord’s declaration—“when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.(J) Topheth will become a cemetery,(e) because there will be no other burial place.
33 The corpses of these people will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land, with no one to scare them away.(K)
34 I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and gladness and the voices of the groom and the bride,(L) for the land will become a desolate waste.(M)
Footnotes:
a.
Jeremiah 7:29: Lit off your consecration
b.
Jeremiah 7:31: Lit of the fireplace
c.
Jeremiah 7:31: A valley south of Jerusalem
d.
Jeremiah 7:31: Lit command, and it did not arise on My heart
e.
Jeremiah 7:32: Lit They will bury in Topheth
Cross references:
H.
Jeremiah 7:31:
Leviticus 18:21; Deuteronomy 12:31; Deuteronomy 12:31; 2 Chronicles 28:3; Jeremiah 19:5; Ezekiel 16:21; Ezekiel 20:31; Ezekiel 23:25; Ezekiel 23:37; Ezekiel 23:47
I.
Jeremiah 7:32:
Jeremiah 16:14; Jeremiah 19:6; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 48:12; Jeremiah 49:2; Jeremiah 51:47; Jeremiah 51:52