Since they have (A)abandoned Me and have (B)made this place foreign, and have burned [a]sacrifices in it to (C)other gods that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and since 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 did not command nor speak of, nor did it ever enter My [b]mind; therefore, behold, (G)days are coming,” declares the Lord, “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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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 19:4 Or incense
  2. Jeremiah 19:5 Lit heart

For they have forsaken(A) me and made this a place of foreign gods(B); they have burned incense(C) in it to gods that neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.(D) They have built the high places of Baal to burn their children(E) in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind.(F) So beware, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when people will no longer call this place Topheth(G) or the Valley of Ben Hinnom,(H) but the Valley of Slaughter.(I)

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