The Valley of Slaughter
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"For the children of Judah have done evil in My sight," says the LORD. q "They have set their abominations in the house which is called by My name, to pollute it.
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"And they have built the r high places of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to s burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, t which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart.
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"Therefore behold, u the days are coming," says the LORD, "when it will no more be called Tophet, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; v for they will bury in Tophet until there is no room.
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"The w corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth. And no one will frighten them away.
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"Then I will cause to x cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. For y the land shall be desolate.
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"At that time," says the LORD, "they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves.
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"They shall spread them before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and which they have served and after which they have walked, which they have sought and a which they have worshiped. They shall not be gathered b nor buried; they shall be like refuse on the face of the earth.
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"Then c death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of those who remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them," says the LORD of hosts.
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Cross References
2 Kings 21:4
He also built altars in the house of the LORD, ...
2 Chronicles 33:3 - 5
For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah h...
2 Chronicles 33:7
He even set a carved image, the idol which he h...
Jeremiah 32:34
But they set their abominations in the house wh...
Jeremiah 32:35
'And they built the high places of Baal which a...
Ezekiel 7:20
As for the beauty of his ornaments, He set it i...
Daniel 9:27
Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for ...
Daniel 11:31
And forces shall be mustered by him, and they s...
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Cross References
2 Kings 23:10
And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech.
Jeremiah 19:5
(they have also built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command or speak, nor did it come into My mind).
Jeremiah 32:35
'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 to Molech, which I did not command them, nor did it come into My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.'
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Cross References
Leviticus 18:21
And you shall not let any of your descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
2 Kings 17:17
And they caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and soothsaying, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger.
Psalms 106:38
And 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.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:3
Who has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, either the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 19:6
Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "that this place shall no more be called Tophet or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
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Cross References
2 Kings 23:10
And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech.
Jeremiah 19:11
And say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, which cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury them in Tophet till there is no place to bury.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 9:22
Speak, "Thus says the LORD: 'Even the carcasses of men shall fall as refuse on the open field, Like cuttings after the harvester, And no one shall gather them.'
Jeremiah 19:11
And say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, which cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury them in Tophet till there is no place to bury.
Ezekiel 6:5
And I will lay the corpses of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones all around your altars.
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Cross References
Isaiah 24:7
The new wine fails, the vine languishes, All th...
Isaiah 24:8
The mirth of the tambourine ceases, The noise o...
Jeremiah 16:9
For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Isr...
Jeremiah 25:10
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mir...
Ezekiel 26:13
I will put an end to the sound of your songs, a...
Hosea 2:11
I will also cause all her mirth to cease, Her f...
Revelation 18:23
The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anym...
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Cross References
Leviticus 26:33
I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you; your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.
Isaiah 1:7
Your country is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire; Strangers devour your land in your presence; And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Jeremiah 4:27
For thus says the LORD: "The whole land shall be desolate; Yet I will not make a full end.
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Cross References
2 Kings 23:5
Then he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem, and those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
Jeremiah 19:13
"And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be defiled like the place of Tophet, because of all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and poured out drink offerings to other gods." '"
Ezekiel 8:16
So He brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house; and there, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east.
Zephaniah 1:5
Those who worship the host of heaven on the housetops; Those who worship and swear oaths by the LORD, But who also swear by Milcom.
Acts 7:42
Then God turned and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: 'Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
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Cross References
Jeremiah 22:19
He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
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Cross References
Job 3:21
Who long for death, but it does not come, And s...
Job 3:22
Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad when they...
Job 7:15
So that my soul chooses strangling And death ra...
Job 7:16
I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let...
Jonah 4:3
"Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life fro...
Revelation 9:6
In those days men will seek death and will not ...
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