¹⁰ He desecrated Topheth,^(A) which was in the Valley of Ben Hinnom,^(B) so no one could use it to sacrifice their son^(C) or daughter in the fire to Molek.

²⁹ “‘Cut off^(A) your hair and throw it away; take up a lament^(B) on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned^(C) this generation that is under his wrath.

The Valley of Slaughter

³⁰ “‘The people of Judah have done evil^(D) in my eyes, declares the Lord. They have set up their detestable idols^(E) in the house that bears my Name and have defiled^(F) it. ³¹ They have built the high places of Topheth^(G) in the Valley of Ben Hinnom^(H) to burn their sons and daughters^(I) in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.^{(J) 32} So beware, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when people will no longer call it Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter,^(K) for they will bury^(L) the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. ³³ Then the carcasses^(M) of this people will become food^(N) for the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.^{(O) 34} I will bring an end to the sounds^(P) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom^(Q) in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem,^(R) for the land will become desolate.^(S)

² and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom,^(A) near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. There proclaim the words I tell you, ³ and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, you kings^(B) of Judah and people of Jerusalem. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Listen! I am going to bring a disaster^(C) on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle.^{(D) 4} For they have forsaken^(E) me and made this a place of foreign gods^(F); they have burned incense^(G) in it to gods that neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.^{(H) 5} They have built the high places of Baal to burn their children^(I) in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind.^{(J) 6} So beware, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when people will no longer call this place Topheth^(K) or the Valley of Ben Hinnom,^(L) but the Valley of Slaughter.^(M)