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33 For [a](A)Topheth has long been ready,
Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.
He has made it deep and large,
[b]A pyre of fire with plenty of wood;
The (B)breath of Yahweh, like a torrent of (C)brimstone, sets it afire.

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  1. Isaiah 30:33 The place of human sacrifice to Molech
  2. Isaiah 30:33 Lit Its pile

31 They have (A)built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to (B)burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I (C)did not command, and it did not come upon My heart.

32 (D)Therefore, behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when it will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of the Slaughter; for they will (E)bury in Topheth [a]because there is no other place.

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  1. Jeremiah 7:32 Or until there is no place left

Because they have (A)forsaken Me and have (B)made this a foreign place and have burned incense in it to (C)other gods, that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and because they have filled this place with the (D)blood of the innocent and have built the (E)high places of Baal to burn their (F)sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, a thing which I never commanded or spoke of, nor did it ever come upon My heart, therefore, behold, (G)days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when this place will no longer be called (H)Topheth or (I)the valley of Ben-hinnom, but rather the valley of Slaughter.

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