therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that this place shall no more be called Tophet or (A)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.

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And the border went up (A)by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the (B)Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley (C)of [a]Rephaim northward.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 15:8 Lit. Giants

And go out to (A)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the Potsherd Gate; and proclaim there the words that I will tell you,

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33 (A)For Tophet was established of old,
Yes, for the king it is prepared.
He has made it deep and large;
Its pyre is fire with much wood;
The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone,
Kindles it.

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11 and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)“Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot be [a]made whole again; and they shall (B)bury them in Tophet till there is no place to bury.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 19:11 restored

32 “Therefore behold, (A)the days are coming,” says the Lord, “when it will no more be called Tophet, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; (B)for they will bury in Tophet until there is no room. 33 The (C)corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth. And no one will frighten them away.

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