Jeremiah 7:31

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 

Jeremiah 8:2

8:2 They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon and the stars. ⁴  These are things they ⁵  adored and served, things to which they paid allegiance, ⁶  from which they sought guidance, and worshiped. The bones of these people ⁷  will never be regathered and reburied. They will be like manure used to fertilize the ground. ⁸ 

Jeremiah 17:27

17:27 But you must obey me and set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not carry any loads in through ⁹  the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. If you disobey, I will set the gates of Jerusalem on fire. It will burn down all the fortified dwellings in Jerusalem and no one will be able to put it out.’”

[7:31]  ¹ tn Heb “high places.”

[7:31]  ² tn Heb “the high places of [or in] Topheth.”

[7:31]  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.

[8:2]  ⁴ tc MT, 4QJer^a and LXX read “the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven,” but 4QJer^c reads “the sun and all the stars.”

[8:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “the sun, moon, and host of heaven which they…”

[8:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “followed after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for the idiom.

[8:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “they will not” but the referent is far enough removed that it might be ambiguous.

[8:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “like dung/manure on the surface of the ground.”

[17:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “carry loads on the Sabbath and bring [them] in through.” The translation treats the two verbs “carry” and “bring in” are an example of hendiadys (see the note on “through” in 17:21).