--- title: "The Temple Sermon (Part 2)" description: "For 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. They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind. So 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" image: "" book: "Jeremiah" bookId: "JER" testament: "old" startChapter: 7 startVerse: 30 endChapter: 8 endVerse: 13 coversChapters: [7,8] aiTitle: "The Temple Sermon (Part 2)" aiDescription: "For 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. They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind. So 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" hasAiStory: true location: "Jerusalem" persons: ["God","Kings of Judah","People of Jerusalem","Priests","Prophets"] hashtags: ["idolatry","judgment","prophetic","repentance"] genre: "prophecy" readingTime: 3 type: "adaptive" slug: "JER/the-temple-sermon-part-2" canonicalId: "JER.7.30-8.13" chronologicalOrder: 1040 relatedSlugs: [] prevSlug: "JER/the-temple-sermon-part-1" nextSlug: "JER/the-temple-sermon-part-3" --- ### The Valley of Slaughter For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the [LORD](/persons/god). They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it. They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind. So 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. The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away. I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.” ### Judah’s Sin and Punishment “At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the [kings of Judah](/persons/kings%20of%20judah), the bones of the officials, the bones of the [priests](/persons/priests), the bones of the [prophets](/persons/prophets), and the bones of the [people of Jerusalem](/persons/people%20of%20jerusalem) will be removed from their graves. They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground. And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts. So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says:“Do men fall and not get up again?Does one turn away and not return? Why then have these people turned away?Why does Jerusalem always turn away?They cling to deceit;they refuse to return. I have listened and heard;they do not speak what is right.No one repents of his wickedness,asking, ‘What have I done?’Everyone has pursued his own courselike a horse charging into battle. Even the stork in the skyknows her appointed seasons.The turtledove, the swift, and the thrushkeep their time of migration,but My people do not knowthe requirements of the LORD. How can you say, ‘We are wise,and the Law of the LORD is with us,’when in fact the lying pen of the scribeshas produced a deception? The wise will be put to shame;they will be dismayed and trapped.Since they have rejected the word of the LORD,what wisdom do they really have? Therefore I will give their wives to other menand their fields to new owners.For from the least of them to the greatest,all are greedy for gain;from prophet to priest,all practice deceit. They dress the wound of the daughter of My peoplewith very little care,saying, ‘Peace, peace,’when there is no peace at all. Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed?No, they have no shame at all;they do not even know how to blush.So they will fall among the fallen;when I punish them, they will collapse,says the LORD. I will take away their harvest,declares the LORD.There will be no grapes on the vine,nor figs on the tree,and even the leaf will wither.Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”

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