Judgment on Obscene Religion

28 “So you shall say to them, ‘This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the Lord their God (A)nor receive correction. (B)Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth. 29 (C)Cut off your hair and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the desolate heights; for the Lord has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’ 30 For the children of Judah have done evil in My sight,” says the Lord. (D)“They have set their abominations in the house which is called by My name, to [a]pollute it. 31 And they have built the (E)high places of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to (F)burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, (G)which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart.

32 “Therefore behold, (H)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; (I)for they will bury in Tophet until there is no room. 33 The (J)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. 34 Then I will cause to (K)cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. For (L)the land shall be desolate.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:30 defile

28 Therefore say to them, ‘This is the nation that has not obeyed the Lord its God or responded to correction.(A) Truth(B) has perished; it has vanished from their lips.

29 “‘Cut off(C) your hair and throw it away; take up a lament(D) on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned(E) this generation that is under his wrath.

The Valley of Slaughter

30 “‘The people of Judah have done evil(F) in my eyes, declares the Lord. They have set up their detestable idols(G) in the house that bears my Name and have defiled(H) it. 31 They have built the high places of Topheth(I) in the Valley of Ben Hinnom(J) to burn their sons and daughters(K) in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.(L) 32 So beware, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when people will no longer call it Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter,(M) for they will bury(N) the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. 33 Then the carcasses(O) of this people will become food(P) for the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.(Q) 34 I will bring an end to the sounds(R) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom(S) in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem,(T) for the land will become desolate.(U)

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