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33 Indeed! Topheth has been ready(A)
for the king for a long time.
Its funeral pyre is deep and wide,
with plenty of fire and wood.
The breath of the Lord,(B) like a torrent of burning sulphur,
kindles it.

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31 They have built the high places of Topheth[a](A) in Ben Hinnom Valley[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.

32 ‘Therefore, look, the days are coming’(D) – the Lord’s declaration – ‘when this place will no longer be called Topheth and Ben Hinnom Valley, but Slaughter Valley.(E) Topheth will become a cemetery,[c] because there will be no other burial place.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:31 Lit of the fireplace
  2. 7:31 A valley south of Jerusalem
  3. 7:32 Lit They will bury in Topheth