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Sinful Deeds in Hinnom Valley

29 “Mourn, people of Jerusalem;
    cut off your hair and throw it away.
Sing a funeral song on the hilltops,
    because I, the Lord, am angry
    and have rejected my people.

30 “The people of Judah have done an evil thing. They have placed their idols, which I hate, in my Temple and have defiled it. 31 (A)In Hinnom Valley they have built an altar called Topheth, so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters in the fire. I did not command them to do this—it did not even enter my mind.

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