Jeremiah 7:31-32
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.
Footnotes:
a.
Jeremiah 7:31: Lit of the fireplace
b.
Jeremiah 7:31: A valley south of Jerusalem
c.
Jeremiah 7:31: Lit command, and it did not arise on My heart
d.
Jeremiah 7:32: Lit They will bury in Topheth
Cross references:
C.
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