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Jeremiah 7:32
So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah pronounces this oracle to the people of Judah in Jerusalem, immediately after condemning their construction of high places at Topheth for child sacrifice.
The words — The phrase יָמִים בָּאִים (yāmîm bā’îm) renders as "days are coming," establishing the announcement as a fixed, future divine utterance (נְאֻם יְהוָה).
The thread — The renaming of the valley recurs in Jeremiah 19:6, while Jeremiah 19:11 extends the judgment by describing the shattering of the city and the burial of corpses in Topheth.
Why it lands — The text states that a known geographical location will be renamed Valley of Slaughter and filled with unburied corpses, requiring the reader to acknowledge the physical reality of the stated consequence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 19:11 and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.
- Jeremiah 19:6 So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
- 2 Kings 23:10 He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
- Leviticus 26:30 I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
- Jeremiah 7:31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
- Jeremiah 19:13 The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
- Ezekiel 6:5 I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.