Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 19:12

"Thus will I do unto this place, saith Jehovah, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as Topheth:" — Jeremiah 19:12 (ASV)

And even make this city as Tophet. —This is an allusive reference partly to the state of the valley of Hinnom as a heap of ruins and rubbish, partly to the meaning of the name Tophet, as a place spat upon and scorned. (See Note on Jeremiah 7:31.)