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Jeremiah 7:32

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So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place to bury.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Jeremiah 7

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The valley of slaughter - The place where the slaughtered thousands of this rebellious people shall be cast, in order to their being burnt, or becoming food for the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, Jer 7:33. These words are repeated, and their meaning more particularly explained, Jer 19:6-15.

This site's exposition

but the valley of slaughter

on Jeremiah 7:32-34

The valley renamed, no more Tophet but the valley of slaughter, becomes a burial ground so full that they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place, corpses given to birds and beasts rather than the ground, an image the bench reads as siege famine's actual aftermath rather than poetry alone. The four silenced voices, mirth, gladness, bridegroom, bride, mark ordinary domestic joy as the casualty judgment reaches for, the same list Jeremiah repeats at 16:9, 25:10 and 33:11 and that Revelation 18:23 echoes over Babylon's own fall. The land left desolate closes the sermon on the same ground it opened, the temple gate, now emptied of the very people it was preached to.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 32, 33.) Therefore, behold the days are coming, says the Lord, and it shall no longer be called Topheth, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury in Topheth until there is no more room. The corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the air and the animals of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Nay, it is a piece of divinity, in expectation of what the dead body shall be at the resurrection. The want of it has sometimes been an instance of the rage of men against God's witnesses, Rev. xi. Here it is threatened as an instance of the wrath of God against his enemies, and is an intimation that evil pursues sinners even after death.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: 7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

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Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

valley of slaughter--so named because of the great slaughter of the Jews about to take place at Jerusalem: a just retribution of their sin in slaying their children to Moloch in Tophet. no place--no room, namely, to bury in, so many shall be those slain by the Chaldeans (Jer 19:11;

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The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • לָכֵ֞ן<to> therefore

    lakhenH3651 →771 times

  • הִנֵּֽה־here!

    hineh-H2009 →843 times

  • יָמִ֤יםdays

    yamimH3117 →2304 times

  • בָּאִים֙[are] coming

    baimH935 →2568 times

  • נְאֻם־[the] utterance of

    neum-H5002 →376 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וְלֹא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יֵאָמֵ֨רit will be said

    yeamerH559 →5305 times

  • ע֤וֹדagain

    odH5750 →490 times

  • הַתֹּ֙פֶת֙<the> Topheth

    hatofetH8612 →9 times

  • וְגֵ֣יאand [the] valley of

    vegei'H1516 →59 times

  • בֶן־Ben

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • הִנֹּ֔םHinnom

    hinomH2011 →13 times

  • כִּ֖יthat

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • אִם־except

    ʾim-H518 →1069 times

  • גֵּ֣יא[the] valley of

    gei'H1516 →59 times

  • הַהֲרֵגָ֑ה<the> slaughter

    haharegahH2028 →5 times

  • וְקָבְר֥וּand people will bury

    vekaveruH6912 →133 times

  • בְתֹ֖פֶתin Topheth

    vetofetH8612 →9 times

  • מֵאֵ֥יןfrom not

    meeinH369 →789 times

  • מָקֽוֹם׃room

    makomH4725 →401 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.8 worksJeremiah 19:11and 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.6 worksJeremiah 19:6So 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.5 works2 Kings 23:10He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.3 worksJeremiah 7:31They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.2 worksEzekiel 6:5–7I will lay the corpses of the Israelites before their idols and scatter your bones around your altars.2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 19:13The 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.”2 worksLeviticus 26:30I 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.2 worksJeremiah 20:3The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 30:33

      For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 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.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 7:31

    They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 32:35

      They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Leviticus 18:21

      You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 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.

    • 2 Kings 17:17

      They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

    • Deuteronomy 12:31

      You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as…

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 2:9

      You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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