Jeremiah 19:6

Jeremiah 19:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
• New International Version (NIV)So beware, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when people will no longer call this place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
• English Standard Version (ESV)therefore, behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, when this place shall no more be called Topheth, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Jeremiah 19:6

4Because they have forsaken Me and have made this an alien place and have burned sacrifices in it to other gods, that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and because they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent 5and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, a thing which I never commanded or spoke of, nor did it ever enter My mind; therefore, behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-hinnom, but rather the valley of Slaughter. 7I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life; and I will give over their carcasses as food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth. 8I will also make this city a desolation and an object of hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its disasters.

Jeremiah 19:6 word by word

לָכֵ֞ן הִנֵּֽה־יָמִ֤ים בָּאִים֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְלֹא־יִקָּרֵא֩ לַמָּק֨וֹם הַזֶּ֥ה ע֛וֹד הַתֹּ֖פֶת וְגֵ֣יא בֶן־הִנֹּ֑ם כִּ֖י אִם־גֵּ֥יא הַהֲרֵגָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
• beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• are comingבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• declaresנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• when thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• will noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• longerעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• be calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• Tophethתֹּ֫פֶתtôpheth · TophethH8612
• the valleyגַּיְאgay' gay · valleyH1516
• of Ben-hinnomבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Ben-hinnomהִנֹּםhinnôm · (Topheth of son of) HinnomH2011
• but ratherכִּי [אם]kîy · that if: exceptH3588
• but rather[כִּי] אם'im · if: exceptH518
• of Slaughterהֲרֵגָהhărêgâh · (Topheth of) SlaughterH2028

Cross-references for Jeremiah 19:6

• Jeremiah 19:2Then go out to the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is by the entrance of the potsherd gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you,
• Jeremiah 7:32“Therefore, behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when it will no longer be called Topheth, or the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of the Slaughter; for they will bury in Topheth because there is no other place.
• Joshua 15:8Then the border went up the valley of Ben-hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite on the south (that is, Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain which is before the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim toward the north.
• Isaiah 30:33For Topheth has long been ready, Indeed, it has been prepared for the king. He has made it deep and large, A pyre of fire with plenty of wood; The breath of the Lord, like a torrent of brimstone, sets it afire.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 19:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Valley of Slaughter: Compare Jeremiah 7:32.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. no more ... Tophet--from Hebrew, toph, "drum"; for in sacrificing children to Molech drums were beaten to drown their cries. Thus the name indicated the joy of the people at the fancied propitiation of the god by this sacrifice; in antithesis to its joyless name subsequently. valley of slaughter--It should be the scene of slaughter, no longer of children, but of men; not of "innocents" (Jr 19:4), but of those who richly deserved their fate. The city…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 19:6

• Hinnom
• Idolatry
• Instruction
• Jerusalem
• Offerings
• Tophet

In the dictionaries

• Valley of Slaughter
• Ancient
• Bottle
• Gehenna
• Harden
• Hissing
• Void
• Hinnom, Valley of
• Philemon, Epistle to
• Slaughter, Valley of

Commentaries on Jeremiah 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings