Jeremiah 19:6
in Jeremiah 19So 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.
KJV
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
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This verse in Jeremiah 19
Commentary
5 notes on this verse(Verse 6.) Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when this place shall no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. LXX: Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when this place shall no longer be called ruin and πολυάνδριον (multiplicity) of the son of Hinnom, but πολυάνδριον (multiplicity) of slaughter. The valley of the son of Hinnom, which is called Gehenna in Hebrew (), from which it is thought to be named Gehenna, as we have said above.
This site's exposition
So behold, the days are coming
on Jeremiah 19:6-9
The place “will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter,” and judgment renames the ground. The siege famine in which “they will eat one another’s flesh” is the extremity Deuteronomy 28:53 warns of and Lamentations 4:10 records as having happened.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verses 4-6.) Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring calamity (or evil) upon this place, such that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle, because they have forsaken me and have made this place a foreign land, and have burned incense in it to foreign gods, whom they and their fathers and the kings of Judah did not know.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Thus the name indicated the joy of the people at the fancied propitiation of the god by this sacrifice; in antithesis to its joyless name subsequently. valley of slaughter--It should be the scene of slaughter, no longer of children, but of men; not of "innocents" (Jer 19:4), but of those who richly deserved their fate.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֞ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| הִנֵּֽה־ | hineh- | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| יָמִ֤ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בָּאִים֙ | baim | [are] coming | H935 → | 2568 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִקָּרֵא֩ | yikare' | it will be called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| לַמָּק֨וֹם | lamakom | to the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| הַזֶּ֥ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| ע֛וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| הַתֹּ֖פֶת | hatofet | <the> Topheth | H8612 → | 9 times |
| וְגֵ֣יא | vegei' | and [the] valley of | H1516 → | 59 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | Ben | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הִנֹּ֑ם | hinom | Hinnom | H2011 → | 13 times |
| כִּ֖י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | except | H518 → | 1069 times |
| גֵּ֥יא | gei' | [the] valley of | H1516 → | 59 times |
| הַהֲרֵגָֽה׃ | haharegah | <the> slaughter | H2028 → | 5 times |
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
יִקָּרֵא֩it will be called
yikare'H7121 →733 times
לַמָּק֨וֹםto the place
lamakomH4725 →401 times
הַזֶּ֥ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
ע֛וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
הַתֹּ֖פֶת<the> Topheth
hatofetH8612 →9 times
וְגֵ֣יאand [the] valley of
vegei'H1516 →59 times
בֶן־Ben
ven-H1121 →4930 times
הִנֹּ֑םHinnom
hinomH2011 →13 times
כִּ֖יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
אִם־except
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
גֵּ֥יא[the] valley of
gei'H1516 →59 times
הַהֲרֵגָֽה׃<the> slaughter
haharegahH2028 →5 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Isaiah 30:33For 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…
it leads to
- 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.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
- 1 Peter 1:8
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
- Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
- 2 Kings 23:10
Through
Joshua 15:8From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom…
it leads to
- Joshua 18:16
Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the…
- Joshua 18:16
Through
Jeremiah 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…
it leads to
- Psalms 2:9
You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
- Isaiah 30:14
It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a…
- Psalms 2:9
Through
Jeremiah 19:2and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,
it leads to
- Joshua 15:8
From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom…
- Joshua 15:8
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).