³² “^(A)Therefore, behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when it will no longer be called Topheth, or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of the Slaughter; for they will ^(B)bury in Topheth ^[a]because there is no other place. ³³ The ^(C)dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the sky and for the animals of the earth; and no one will frighten them away. ³⁴ Then I will ^(D)eliminate from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride; for the ^(E)land will become a site of ruins.

The Sin and Treachery of Judah

8 “At that time,” declares the Lord, “they will ^(F)bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its leaders, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem from their graves. ² They will spread them out to the sun, the moon, and to all the ^(G)heavenly ^[b]lights, which they have loved, which they have served, which they have followed, which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered ^(H)nor buried; ^(I)they will be like dung on the face of the ground.