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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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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 7:29–33
18th Century
Theologian
Jeremiah summons the people to lament over the miserable consequences of their rejection of God. In the valley of Hinnom, where lately they offered…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 7:32
19th Century
Bishop
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…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 7:32
16th Century
Theologian
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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John Gill
On Jeremiah 7:32
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord
And they were coming on apace; a little longer, and they would be co…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 7:29–34
17th Century
Minister
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…