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Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, until there be no place [to bury].
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A Valley of Ironic Judgment
Commentators unanimously highlight the profound irony of God's judgment. The Valley of Hinnom, where the people of Judah committed the horrific sin of child sacrifice, would be renamed 'The Valley of Slaughter.' God's righteous judgment decreed that the very location of their heinous sin would become the site of their own destruction and mass burial.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Jeremiah summons the people to lament over the miserable consequences of their rejection of God. In the valley of Hinnom, where lately they offered…
19th Century
Anglican
Till there be no place. — Better, because there is no room — that is, for lack of space the dead should be buried even in the spo…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet denounces a punishment, even though the Jews thought they deserved a reward. The case is the same with the Papists today, who thoughtle…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord And they were coming on apace; a little longer, and they would be co…
As a token both of sorrow and of slavery, Jerusalem must be degraded and separated from God, as she had been separated to him.
The heart is t…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, he threatens them with punishment.
He prefigures it with a sign: cut off your hair. As in Ezekiel 5:2, you shal…
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