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I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing! <a href="/esv/jeremiah/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> And they have built the high places 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. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/7.htm">King James Bible</a> And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/7.htm">New King James Version</a> And they have built the high places of Tophet, 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 heart. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, and it did not come into My mind. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220They have built the high places 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, and it did not come into My mind. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And they have built the high places 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, and it did not come into My mind. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> They have built the high places 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, and it did not come upon My heart. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of Ben-hinnom (son of Hinnom), to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire [to honor Molech, the fire god]—which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart (mind). <a href="/csb/jeremiah/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They have built the high places of Topheth in Ben Hinnom Valley in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire, a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire, a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into my mind. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> At Topheth in Hinnom Valley you have built altars where you kill your children and burn them as sacrifices to other gods. I would never think of telling you to do this. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into my mind. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They have built worship sites at Topheth in the valley of Ben Hinnom in order to burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices. I did not ask for this. It never entered my mind. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> In Hinnom Valley they have built an altar called Topheth, so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters in the fire. I did not command them to do this--it did not even enter my mind. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> They have built high places at Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire. I didn't command this, and it never entered my mind! <a href="/msb/jeremiah/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire?something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind. <a href="/net/jeremiah/7.htm">NET Bible</a> They have also built places of worship in a place called Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire. That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing! <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. <a href="/web/jeremiah/7.htm">World English Bible</a> They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I didn’t command, nor did it come into my mind. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And have built the high places of Tophet, "" That [are] in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, "" To burn their sons and their daughters with fire, "" Which I did not command, "" Nor did it come up on My heart. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And have built the high places of Tophet, That are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, To burn their sons and their daughters with fire, Which I did not command, Nor did it come up on My heart. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they built heights to Tophet which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in fire; which I commanded not, and it came not upon my heart.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And they have built the high places of Topeth, which is in the valley of the son of Ennom, to burn their sons, and their daughters in the fire: which I commanded not, nor thought on in my heart. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And they have built the exalted places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the son of Hinnom, so that they may burn their sons and their daughters with fire, something I neither instructed, nor thought in my heart. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/7.htm">New American Bible</a> In the Valley of Ben-hinnom they go on building the high places of Topheth to sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire, something I never commanded or considered. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And they go on building the high place 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they have built altars by the Taphat (stream) which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither did I think of it. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And they built up high places in Taphat, that is in the valley that is in BarHennom , to burn their sons and their daughters in fire that I have not commanded them and I did not bring up on my heart<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded not, neither came it into My mind. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they have built the altar of Tapheth, which is in the valley of the son of Ennom, to burn their sons and their daughters with fire; which I did not command them to do, neither did I design it in my heart. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=2402" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/7.htm">The Valley of Slaughter</a> 30For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it. 31<a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: ū·ḇā·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">They have built</a> <a href="/hebrew/1116.htm" title="1116: bā·mō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- A high place. From an unused root; an elevation.">the high places</a> <a href="/hebrew/8612.htm" title="8612: hat·tō·p̄eṯ (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- A place S. of Jer. The same as topheth; Topheth, a place near Jerusalem.">of Topheth</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1516.htm" title="1516: bə·ḡê (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A valley. Or gay; probably from the same root as gevah; a gorge.">in the Valley of Hinnom</a> <a href="/hebrew/8313.htm" title="8313: liś·rōp̄ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To burn. A primitive root; to be on fire.">so they could burn</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇen- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">their sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/2011.htm" title="2011: hin·nōm (N-proper) -- A valley S.W. of Jer. Probably of foreign origin; Hinnom, apparently a Jebusite."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">and daughters</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: bə·nō·ṯê·hem (N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter."></a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: bā·’êš (Prep-b, Art:: N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">in the fire—</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">something I never</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wî·ṯî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">commanded,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">nor</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ‘ā·lə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">did it even enter</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">My mind.</a> 32So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/23-10.htm">2 Kings 23:10</a> He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech. <a href="/leviticus/18-21.htm">Leviticus 18:21</a> You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-31.htm">Deuteronomy 12:31</a> You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods. <a href="/2_chronicles/28-3.htm">2 Chronicles 28:3</a> Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. <a href="/2_chronicles/33-6.htm">2 Chronicles 33:6</a> He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. <a href="/psalms/106-37.htm">Psalm 106:37-38</a> They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. / They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Isaiah 57:5</a> who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? <a href="/ezekiel/16-20.htm">Ezekiel 16:20-21</a> You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough? / You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols. <a href="/ezekiel/20-31.htm">Ezekiel 20:31</a> When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you! <a href="/ezekiel/23-37.htm">Ezekiel 23:37</a> For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols. <a href="/micah/6-7.htm">Micah 6:7</a> Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? <a href="/matthew/5-22.htm">Matthew 5:22</a> But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell. <a href="/matthew/18-6.htm">Matthew 18:6</a> But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. <a href="/mark/9-42.htm">Mark 9:42</a> But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea. <a href="/luke/17-2.htm">Luke 17:2</a> It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.the high.<a href="/jeremiah/19-5.htm">Jeremiah 19:5,6</a> They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind: … <a href="/jeremiah/32-35.htm">Jeremiah 32:35</a> And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.<a href="/2_kings/23-20.htm">2 Kings 23:20</a> And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.the valley.<a href="/jeremiah/19-2.htm">Jeremiah 19:2</a> And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,<a href="/joshua/15-8.htm">Joshua 15:8</a> And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:<a href="/2_chronicles/28-3.htm">2 Chronicles 28:3</a> Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.to burn.<a href="/deuteronomy/12-31.htm">Deuteronomy 12:31</a> Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.<a href="/2_kings/17-17.htm">2 Kings 17:17</a> And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.<a href="/psalms/106-37.htm">Psalm 106:37,38</a> Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, … which I.<a href="/leviticus/18-21.htm">Leviticus 18:21</a> And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.<a href="/leviticus/20-1.htm">Leviticus 20:1-5</a> And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, … <a href="/deuteronomy/17-3.htm">Deuteronomy 17:3</a> And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;came it into.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/28-3.htm">Ben</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-21.htm">Built</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-20.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-23.htm">Command</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-23.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-2.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">High</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-30.htm">Hinnom</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-28.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-23.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Places</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-15.htm">Something</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-33.htm">Tophet</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-33.htm">Topheth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-23.htm">Valley</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/19-2.htm">Ben</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-16.htm">Built</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-12.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-4.htm">Command</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-4.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-20.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-14.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-7.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-18.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-12.htm">High</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm">Hinnom</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-20.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-5.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-3.htm">Places</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-7.htm">Something</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm">Tophet</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm">Topheth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm">Valley</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 7</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/7-1.htm">Jeremiah is sent to call to true repentance, to prevent the Jews' captivity.</a> 8. <a href="/jeremiah/7-8.htm">He rejects their vain confidence,</a> 12. <a href="/jeremiah/7-12.htm">by the example of Shiloh.</a> 17. <a href="/jeremiah/7-17.htm">He threatens them for their idolatry.</a> 21. <a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">He rejects the sacrifices of the disobedient.</a> 29. <a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">He exhorts to mourn for their abominations in Tophet;</a> 32. <a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm">and the judgments for the same.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Topheth, located in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, was notorious for its association with child sacrifice, particularly to the god Molech. This practice was strictly condemned in the Law of Moses (<a href="/leviticus/18-21.htm">Leviticus 18:21</a>, <a href="/deuteronomy/12-31.htm">Deuteronomy 12:31</a>). The construction of these high places indicates a significant departure from the worship of Yahweh, reflecting the influence of surrounding pagan cultures.in the Valley of Ben-hinnom The Valley of Ben-hinnom, located south of Jerusalem, became synonymous with idolatry and abomination due to the practices conducted there. It later became a symbol of divine judgment and was referred to as Gehenna in the New Testament, representing hell or the place of final punishment (<a href="/mark/9-43.htm">Mark 9:43</a>). The valley's historical and geographical significance underscores the severity of the Israelites' apostasy.so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire This phrase highlights the horrific practice of child sacrifice, which was an abomination to God. Such acts were influenced by Canaanite religious practices and were a direct violation of God's commandments. The burning of children was seen as the ultimate expression of idolatry and rebellion against God, demonstrating the depth of Israel's spiritual corruption.something I never commanded God's laws, as given through Moses, explicitly forbade child sacrifice and any form of human sacrifice (<a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Deuteronomy 18:10</a>). This phrase emphasizes that such practices were not only unauthorized but also completely contrary to God's character and will. It underscores the distinction between the true worship of Yahweh and the detestable practices of the surrounding nations.nor did it even enter My mind This expression indicates the utter foreignness of such practices to God's nature and intentions. It serves to highlight the gravity of Israel's sin and the extent to which they had strayed from God's covenant. The phrase also underscores the concept of God's holiness and the expectation of His people to reflect His character, contrasting sharply with the abominable acts committed in Topheth.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah. His ministry was marked by a call to repentance and a warning of impending destruction due to the people's unfaithfulness. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a> The inhabitants of the southern kingdom of Israel, who were often rebuked by prophets for their idolatry and disobedience to God's commands. 3. <a href="/topical/t/topheth.htm">Topheth</a> A site in the Valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where the people of Judah engaged in child sacrifice, a practice detestable to God. 4. <a href="/topical/v/valley_of_hinnom.htm">Valley of Hinnom</a> A geographical location outside Jerusalem associated with idolatrous practices, including child sacrifice. It later became synonymous with Gehenna, a term used for hell in the New Testament. 5. <a href="/topical/c/child_sacrifice.htm">Child Sacrifice</a> A pagan practice adopted by some Israelites, involving the offering of children to false gods, which was strictly forbidden by God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_sanctity_of_life.htm">The Sanctity of Life</a> God values human life, and practices like child sacrifice are abhorrent to Him. This underscores the importance of protecting and valuing life at all stages. <a href="/topical/i/idolatry's_consequences.htm">Idolatry's Consequences</a> The people of Judah's idolatry led them to commit heinous acts. Idolatry in any form can lead us away from God's will and into destructive behaviors. <a href="/topical/g/god's_commands_vs._human_traditions.htm">God's Commands vs. Human Traditions</a> The practices in Topheth were not commanded by God. We must discern between God's true commands and human traditions that contradict His Word. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_reform.htm">Repentance and Reform</a> Like King Josiah's reforms, we are called to turn away from sin and align our lives with God's commands, seeking His forgiveness and guidance. <a href="/topical/g/god's_heart_and_mind.htm">God's Heart and Mind</a> The phrase "nor did it enter My mind" indicates that such practices are completely contrary to God's nature. Understanding God's character helps us align our actions with His will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 7</a> <a href="/q/how_does_hell_appear.htm">How does hell appear?</a> <a href="/q/what_horrors_happen_in_the_valley.htm">What horrors occur in the Valley of Slaughter?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_topheth_in_the_bible.htm">What is Topheth in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_accept_sacrifices.htm">If God is all-good, why does He accept human sacrifices in some cases (Judges 11:30-39)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) High places.--Not the same word as in <a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm" title="Cut off your hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.">Jeremiah 7:29</a>, but bamoth, as in the "high places" of Baal, in <a href="/numbers/22-41.htm" title="And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that there he might see the utmost part of the people.">Numbers 22:41</a>; <a href="/numbers/23-3.htm" title="And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatever he shows me I will tell you. And he went to an high place.">Numbers 23:3</a>, the Bamoth-baal of <a href="/joshua/13-17.htm" title="Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,">Joshua 13:17</a>. The word had become almost technical for the mounds, natural or (as in this passage) artificial, on which altars to Jehovah or to other gods were erected, and appears in <a href="/1_samuel/9-12.htm" title="And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:">1Samuel 9:12</a>; <a href="/1_kings/3-4.htm" title="And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer on that altar.">1Kings 3:4</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/20-29.htm" title="Then I said to them, What is the high place whereunto you go? And the name whereof is called Bamah to this day.">Ezekiel 20:29</a>; <a href="/amos/7-9.htm" title="And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.">Amos 7:9</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 31. - The high places of Tophet; rather, the high places of the Topheth - (on the "high places" (Hebrew bamoth) - hero probably artificial mounds to erect the altars upon, and on "the Topheth," see Commentary on 1 Kings). In the valley of the son of Hinnom. Hitzig and others would take Hinnom as a noun meaning "groaning" (Rashi, the great Jewish commentator. had already proposed this view), which is at first sight very plausible. But this name of the valley is already found in the description of the boundaries of Judah and Benin-rain in <a href="/joshua/15-8.htm">Joshua 15:8</a>; <a href="/joshua/18-16.htm">Joshua 18:16</a>. To burn their sons, etc. (On the worship of Moloch (Saturn), see on Leviticus 18:21, and comp. <a href="/ezekiel/16-20.htm">Ezekiel 16:20, 21</a>, from which it appears that the children were first slain before being "caused to pass through the fire.") <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>They have built וּבָנ֞וּ (ū·ḇā·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> To build the high places בָּמ֣וֹת (bā·mō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1116.htm">Strong's 1116: </a> An elevation of Topheth הַתֹּ֗פֶת (hat·tō·p̄eṯ) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8612.htm">Strong's 8612: </a> Topheth -- a place South of Jerusalem in the Valley of Hinnom בְּגֵ֣יא (bə·ḡê) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1516.htm">Strong's 1516: </a> A valley so they could burn לִשְׂרֹ֛ף (liś·rōp̄) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8313.htm">Strong's 8313: </a> To be, on fire their sons בֶן־ (ḇen-) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son and daughters בְּנֵיהֶ֥ם (bə·nê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter in the fire— בָּאֵ֑שׁ (bā·’êš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> A fire something I did not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no command, צִוִּ֔יתִי (ṣiw·wî·ṯî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order nor וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no did it enter עָלְתָ֖ה (‘ā·lə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively My mind. לִבִּֽי׃ (lib·bî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-31.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 7:31 They have built the high places (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/7-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 7:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 7:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 7:32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 7:32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>