Jeremiah 7:31-32

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31} They have built the high places of Topheth^(a)^(A) in the Valley of Hinnom^(b)^(B) in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire,^(C) a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought.^(c)

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32} “Therefore, take note! Days are coming”^(D)—the Lord’s declaration—“when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.^(E) Topheth will become a cemetery,^(d) because there will be no other burial place.

Footnotes:

a. Jeremiah 7:31: Lit of the fireplace

b. Jeremiah 7:31: A valley south of Jerusalem

c. Jeremiah 7:31: Lit command, and it did not arise on My heart

d. Jeremiah 7:32: Lit They will bury in Topheth

Cross references:

A. Jeremiah 7:31: Jeremiah 19:6; Jeremiah 19:11-14

B. Jeremiah 7:31: Joshua 15:8; Jeremiah 19:5; Jeremiah 32:35

C. Jeremiah 7:31: Leviticus 18:21; Deuteronomy 12:31; Deuteronomy 12:31; 2 Chronicles 28:3; Jeremiah 19:5; Ezekiel 16:21; Ezekiel 20:31; Ezekiel 23:25; Ezekiel 23:37; Ezekiel 23:47

D. Jeremiah 7:32: Jeremiah 16:14; Jeremiah 19:6; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 48:12; Jeremiah 49:2; Jeremiah 51:47; Jeremiah 51:52

E. Jeremiah 7:32: Jeremiah 19:6