¹⁰ He defiled Topheth,^(A) which is in the Valley of Hinnom,^(B) so that no one could make his son or daughter pass through the fire^(C) to Molech.^(D)

²⁹ Cut off the hair of your sacred vow^[a](A) and throw it away. Raise up a dirge on the barren heights,^(B) for the Lord has rejected and abandoned the generation under His wrath.^(C)

³⁰ “For the Judeans have done what is evil in My sight.” This is the Lord’s declaration. “They have set up their detestable things^(D) in the house that is called by My name and defiled it.^{(E) 31} They have built the high places of Topheth^[b](F) in the Valley of Hinnom^[c](G) in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire,^(H) a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought.^[d]

³² “Therefore, take note! Days are coming”^(I)—the Lord’s declaration—“when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.^(J) Topheth will become a cemetery,^[e] because there will be no other burial place. ³³ The corpses of these people will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land, with no one to scare them away.^{(K) 34} I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and gladness and the voices of the groom and the bride,^(L) for the land will become a desolate waste.^(M)