Study it in the app“Therefore, look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter.”
Therefore,לָכֵןlook,הִנֵּהdaysיָמִיםare coming,בָּאִיםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהwhen this placeוְ לַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּהwill noלֹאlongerעוֹדbe calledיִקָּרֵאTophethהַתֹּפֶתor the valleyוְגֵיאof Ben-hinnom,בֶן הִנֹּםbutכִּי אִםthe valleyגֵּיאof Slaughter.הַהֲרֵגָה
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baim” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appearsname
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikare” appearsTopheth
Topheth. A place in the valley of Ben-hinnom, by Jerusalem, where children were burned for Molech; King Josiah defiled it so that it would no longer be used (2 Kings 23:10; Jeremiah 7:31-32; 19:6).
Where else “tofet” appearsvalley
Narrow valley, a ravine between high slopes.
Where else “ge” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsHinnom
Hinnom: the name of the valley that runs along the south side of Jerusalem ("valley of Ben-hinnom," valley of the son of Hinnom).
Where else “hinom” appearsslaughter
Slaughter, a great killing.
Where else “harega” appears5and they have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command and did not speak of, and which did not rise in my heart.
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7And I will empty the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life; and I will give their corpses as food for the birds of the heavens and for the animals of the earth.
