31 They have (A)built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, to (B)burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I (C)did not command, and it did not come into My [a]mind.

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  1. Jeremiah 7:31 Lit heart

Since they have (A)abandoned Me and have (B)made this place foreign, and have burned [a]sacrifices in it to (C)other gods that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and since they have filled this place with the (D)blood of the innocent and have built the (E)high places of Baal to burn their (F)sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, a thing which I did not command nor speak of, nor did it ever enter My [b]mind; therefore, behold, (G)days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when this place will no longer be called (H)Topheth or (I)the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but rather the Valley of Slaughter.

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  1. Jeremiah 19:4 Or incense
  2. Jeremiah 19:5 Lit heart

35 They built the (A)high places of Baal that are in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and their daughters pass through the fire to (B)Molech, which I had not commanded them, nor had it [a]entered My mind that they should do this abomination, to mislead Judah to sin.

36 “Now therefore the Lord God of Israel says the following concerning this city of which you say, ‘It has been (C)handed over to the king of Babylon by sword, by famine, and by plague’:

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  1. Jeremiah 32:35 Lit come up on My heart

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