Jeremiah 7:29–34

²⁹Cut off the hair of your sacred vow ^wxand throw it away. Raise up a dirge on the barren heights, ^yfor the Lord has rejected and abandoned the generation under His wrath. ^z

³⁰“For the Judeans have done what is evil in My sight.” This is the Lord’s declaration. “They have set up their detestable things ^ain the house that is called by My name and defiled it. ^b31They have built the high places of Topheth ^cdin the Valley of Hinnom ^efin order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire, ^ga thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought. ^h

³²“Therefore, take note! Days are coming” ⁱ—the Lord’s declaration—“when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. ^jTopheth will become a cemetery, ^kbecause 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. ^l34I 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, ^mfor the land will become a desolate waste. ⁿ