Jeremiah 7:32–8:2

³²“Therefore, look, the days are coming”ⁱ—the Lord’s declaration—“when this place will no longer be called Topheth and Ben Hinnom Valley, but Slaughter Valley.^j Topheth will become a cemetery,^C because there will be no other burial place. ³³The 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

DEATH OVER LIFE

8“At that time”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of her officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the residents of Jerusalem will be brought out of their graves.^{n 2}They will be exposed^o to the sun, the moon, and all the stars in the sky,^p which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be collected and buried but will become like manure on the soil’s surface.^q