Jeremiah 19:6

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Events

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• Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

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• Joshua 15:8
  From there the border went up the Valley of Ben-hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
• Isaiah 30:33
  For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
• Jeremiah 19:2
  …and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,
• Jeremiah 7:32–33
  So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
• Jeremiah 19:11
  …and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.

Places

Topheth: Site of pagan child sacrifice, south of Jerusalem

Glossary

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Baal (Idol)· Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament)· Book of Jeremiah· Gehenna· Jeremiah (Person)· Prophet, Prophetess

Topics

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Hinnom: Children offered in Sacrifice In· Idolatry: Wicked Practices of Human Sacrifices· Instruction by Object Lessons: Potter's Vessel· Jerusalem: Prophecies Against· Murder: Punishment of· Offerings: Human Sacrifices: Offered to Baal· Tophet: Jewish Children Passed Through the Fire to the God Molech In