Jeremiah 7:29–34

²⁹Cut off your hair and throw it away;

raise a lamentation on the bare heights,^c

for the Lord has rejected and forsaken

the generation that provoked his wrath.^*

³⁰For the people of Judah have done evil in my sight, says the Lord; they have set their abominations in the house that is called by my name, defiling it.^{* 31}And they go on building the high place^d of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire—which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.^{* 32}Therefore the days are surely coming, says the Lord, when it will no more be called Topheth or the valley of the son of Hinnom but the valley of Slaughter, for they will bury in Topheth until there is no more room.^{* 33}The corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the air and for the animals of the earth, and no one will frighten them away. ³⁴And I will bring to an end the sound of mirth and gladness, the voice of the bride and bridegroom in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, for the land shall become a waste.^*