30 "For the Judeans have done what is evil in my sight." This is the Lord’s declaration. "They have set up their abhorrent things 7:30 Jr 4:1; 16:18; 32:34 in the house that bears my name in order to defile it. 7:30 2Kg 23:2431 They have built the high places of Topheth 7:31 Lit of the fireplace, 7:31 2Kg 23:10; Jr 19:6,11–14 in Ben Hinnom Valley 7:31 A valley south of Jerusalem, 7:31 Jos 15:8; Jr 19:5; 32:35 in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire, 7:31 Lv 18:21; Dt 12:31; 2Kg 17:17,31; 2Ch 28:3; Jr 19:5; Ezk 16:21; 20:31; 23:25,37,47 a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought.
32 "Therefore, look, the days are coming" 7:32 Jr 16:14; 19:6; 23:5; 48:12; 49:2; 51:47,52 — the Lord’s declaration — "when this place will no longer be called Topheth and Ben Hinnom Valley, but Slaughter Valley. 7:32 Jr 19:6 Topheth will become a cemetery, 7:32 Lit They will bury in Topheth because there will be no other burial place. 33 The corpses of these people will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land, with no one to scare them away. 7:33 Dt 28:26; Ps 79:2; Jr 16:4; 19:7; 34:20; Ezk 29:5