Jeremiah 7:31-32

7:31 They have also built places of worship ¹  in a place called Topheth ²  in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire. That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing! ³  7:32 So, watch out!” ⁴  says the Lord. “The time will soon come when people will no longer call those places Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom. But they will call that valley ⁵  the Valley of Slaughter and they will bury so many people in Topheth they will run out of room. ⁶ 

Jeremiah 19:6

19:6 So I, the Lord, say: ⁷  “The time will soon come that people will no longer call this place Topheth or the Hinnom Valley. But they will call this valley ⁸  the Valley of Slaughter!

Jeremiah 19:13

19:13 The houses in Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled by dead bodies ⁹  just like this place, Topheth. For they offered sacrifice to the stars ¹⁰  and poured out drink offerings to other gods on the roofs of those houses.’”

¹ tn Heb “high places.”

² tn Heb “the high places of [or in] Topheth.”

³ tn Heb “It never entered my heart.” The words “to command such a thing” do not appear in the Hebrew but are added for the sake of clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “Therefore, behold!”

⁵ tn Heb “it will no longer be said ‘Topheth’ or ‘the Valley of Ben Hinnom’ but ‘the valley of slaughter.’

⁶ tn Heb “And they will bury in Topheth so there is not room.”

⁷ tn This phrase (Heb “Oracle of the Lord”) has been handled this way on several occasions when it occurs within first person addresses where the Lord is the speaker. See, e.g., 16:16; 17:24; 18:6.

⁸ tn Heb “it will no longer be called to this place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom but the Valley of Slaughter.”

¹⁰ tn The words “by dead bodies” is not in the text but is implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Heb “the host of heaven.”