Jeremiah 7:32

7:32 So, watch out!” ¹  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 ²  the Valley of Slaughter and they will bury so many people in Topheth they will run out of room. ³ 

Jeremiah 25:29

25:29 For take note, I am already beginning to bring disaster on the city that I call my own. ⁴  So how can you possibly avoid being punished? ⁵  You will not go unpunished! For I am proclaiming war against all who live on the earth. I, the Lord who rules over all, ⁶  affirm it!’ ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “Therefore, behold!”

² tn Heb “it will no longer be said ‘Topheth’ or ‘the Valley of Ben Hinnom’ but ‘the valley of slaughter.’

³ tn Heb “And they will bury in Topheth so there is not room.”

⁴ tn Heb “which is called by my name.” See translator’s note on 7:10 for support.

⁵ tn This is an example of a question without the formal introductory particle following a conjunctive vav introducing an opposition. (See Joüon 2:609 §161.a.) It is also an example of the use of the infinitive before the finite verb in a rhetorical question involving doubt or denial. (See Joüon 2:422-23 §123.f, and compare usage in Gen 37:8.)

⁶ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.”

⁷ tn Heb “Oracle of Yahweh of armies.”