therefore,behold,daysare coming,"declaresthe LORD,"when thisplacewill nolongerbe calledTophethor the valleyof Ben-hinnom,but ratherthe valleyof Slaughter.
For Tophethhas longbeen ready,Indeed,it has been preparedfor the king.He has madeit deepand large,A pyreof firewith plentyof wood;The breathof the LORD,like a torrentof brimstone,setsit afire.
and sayto them, 'Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"Justsowill I breakthispeopleand thiscity,evenas one breaksa potter'svessel,whichcannotagainbe repaired;and they will buryin Tophethbecausethereis no[other] placefor burial.
"Then goout to the valleyof Ben-hinnom,whichis by the entranceof the potsherdgate,and proclaimtherethe wordsthat I tellyou,
Then the borderwentup the valleyof Ben-hinnomto the slopeof the Jebusiteon the south(that is, Jerusalem);and the borderwentup to the topof the mountainwhichis beforethe valleyof Hinnomto the west,whichis at the endof the valleyof Rephaimtoward the north.
