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"Because* they have 1forsaken Me and have 2madethis an alienplace and have burnedsacrifices in it to 3othergods, that neither they nor their forefathersnor the kings of Judah had ever known, and because they have filledthisplace with the 4blood of the innocent
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and have built the 5highplaces of Baal to burn their 6sons in the fire as burntofferings to Baal, a thing which I nevercommanded or spoke of, nor did it ever enter My mind;
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therefore, behold, 7days are coming," declares the LORD, "when thisplace will nolonger be called8Topheth or 9the valley of Ben-hinnom*, but rather* the valley of Slaughter.