⁴because they have abandoned me^ab and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in it to other gods that they, their ancestors, and the kings of Judah have never known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.^ac ⁵They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, something I have never commanded or mentioned; I never entertained the thought.^A^ad

⁶“ ‘Therefore, look, the days are coming^ae—this is the Lord’s declaration—when this place will no longer be called Topheth and Ben Hinnom Valley, but Slaughter Valley.^a ⁷I will spoil the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hand of those who intend to take their life. I will provide their corpses as food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.^b ⁸I will make this city desolate, an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by it will be appalled and scoff because of all its wounds.^c ⁹I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and they will eat each other’s flesh in the distressing siege inflicted on them by their enemies who intend to take their life.’^d

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Footnotes

A mentioned, and it did not arise on my heart

Cross references

ab Dt 28:20; 31:16; 1Sm 8:8; 1Kg 11:33; 2Kg 22:17; 2Ch 34:25; Jr 1:16; 5:7
ac Dt 19:10; 27:25; 2Kg 21:6,16; 24:4; Is 59:7; Jr 2:34
ad Jr 7:31; 32:35
ae Jr 7:32; 16:14; 23:5; 48:12; 49:2; 51:47,52
a Jr 25:34
b Dt 28:26; Ps 79:2; Jr 7:33; 15:3; 16:4
c Dt 28:37; 2Ch 29:8; 30:7; Jr 5:30; 25:9,18; 29:18; 42:18; 44:12,22; 49:17; 50:13; Mc 1:9; 6:16; Nah 3:19; Zph 2:15
d Dt 28:53–57; Lm 4:10; Ezk 5:10