Indeed! Topheth has been ready for the king for a long time. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the Lord, like a torrent of burning sulphur, kindles it.
Jeremiah 19:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘ “Therefore, look, the days are coming #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #when this place will no longer be called Topheth and Ben Hinnom Valley, but Slaughter Valley. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when this place shall no more be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom [son of Hinnom], but the Valley of Slaughter. [Jer. 7:31-32.] American Standard Version (1901) therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter. Common English Bible So now the time is coming, declares the LORD, when people will no longer call this place Topheth or Ben-hinnom Valley but Carnage Valley. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when this place will no longer be called Topheth, or the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor the valley of the son of Ennom, but the valley of slaughter. |
Indeed! Topheth has been ready for the king for a long time. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the Lord, like a torrent of burning sulphur, kindles it.
and you are to proclaim to them, “This is what the Lord of Armies says: I will shatter these people and this city, as one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be mended. They will bury the dead in Topheth because there is no other place for burials.
and go out to Ben Hinnom Valley near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you.
From there the border ascended Ben Hinnom Valley to the southern Jebusite slope (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces Hinnom Valley on the west, at the northern end of Rephaim Valley.