Study it in the app“Therefore look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when it will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter; and they will bury in Topheth for lack of room.”
Thereforeלָכֵןlook,הִנֵּהdaysיָמִיםare coming,בָּאִיםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהwhen it will noוְלֹאlongerעוֹדbe calledיֵאָמֵרTophethהַתֹּפֶתor the valleyוְגֵיאof Ben-hinnom,בֶן הִנֹּםbutכִּי אִםthe valleyגֵּיאof Slaughter;הַהֲרֵגָהand they will buryוְקָבְרוּin Tophethבְתֹפֶתfor lack ofמֵאֵיןroom.מָקוֹם
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” appearsbe called
To bear a name, to be called by it.
Where else “yeamer” 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” appearsbury
Bury.
Where else “kavru” appearsroom
Free room to fit in, a spot with enough space.
Where else “makom” appears31And 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 heart.
32 · This verse (above)
33And the corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth, with no one to frighten them away.
