Jeremiah 19:4-6
Christian Standard Bible
4 because they have abandoned me(A) and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in it to other gods that they, their ancestors, and the kings of Judah have never known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.(B) 5 They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, something I have never commanded or mentioned; I never entertained the thought.[a](C)
6 “‘Therefore, look, the days are coming(D)—this is the Lord’s declaration—when this place will no longer be called Topheth and Ben Hinnom Valley, but Slaughter Valley.(E)
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- 19:5 Lit mentioned, and it did not arise on my heart
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