30. “The people of Judah have done an evil thing. They have placed their idols, which I hate, in my Temple and have defiled it.
31. In the Valley of Hinnom they have built an altar called Topheth, so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters in the fire. I did not command them to do this — it did not even enter my mind.
32. And so, the time will come when it will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. They will bury people there because there will be nowhere else to bury them.
33. The corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals, and there will be no one to scare them off.
34. The land will become a desert. In the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the happy sounds of wedding feasts.