Jeremiah 7 contains the Temple Sermon — the prophet's most provocative public address. Standing at the gate of the LORD's house, Jeremiah confronts the people's false confidence that the Temple's presence guarantees Jerusalem's safety. The threefold repetition 'The temple of the LORD' (v. 4) mocks a popular slogan. God demands moral reform, not ritual attendance (vv. 5-7), and invokes the destruction of Shiloh as proof that he will abandon even his own sanctuary when the people corrupt it (vv. 12-14). The chapter escalates to a prohibition against intercessory prayer (v. 16), describes the Queen of Heaven cult (vv. 17-19), and culminates in God's declaration that he never commanded sacrifice — he commanded obedience (vv. 21-23). The chapter closes with the abomination of child sacrifice in the Valley of Hinnom (vv. 30-34).
This is the sermon that nearly got Jeremiah killed (the aftermath appears in chapter 26). The threefold 'temple of the LORD' in verse 4 is not emphasis but mockery — Jeremiah is imitating and ridiculing a liturgical chant the people used as a talisman. The Shiloh reference (vv. 12-14) is devastating: Shiloh was where the tabernacle stood for centuries before its destruction, proving that God's presence can be withdrawn from a sacred site. The statement 'I did not speak to your ancestors or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices' (v. 22) is one of the most radical claims in the Hebrew Bible — not that sacrifice is wrong, but that obedience was always the primary demand. The Valley of Ben-Hinnom (Ge-Hinnom, v. 31) becomes the source of the Greek Gehenna, the New Testament's primary image for final judgment.
The verb batach ('trust') in verse 4 required careful handling — the people are not trusting God but trusting in the Temple building as a magical guarantee. We rendered divrei hasheqer as 'deceptive words' rather than 'lying words' to capture the self-deception involved. The phrase 'the Queen of Heaven' (melekhet hashamayim, v. 18) is historically debated — likely Ishtar/Astarte — but we retain the Hebrew designation without identifying a specific deity, as the text does not. The controversial verse 22 ('I did not command... concerning burnt offerings') must be rendered without either softening it into irrelevance or overstating it as an absolute rejection of all sacrifice — the contrast is between ritual mechanics and covenantal obedience.
The Temple Sermon parallels Micah 3:11-12 (Zion will be plowed as a field). The Shiloh reference connects to the ark narrative of 1 Samuel 4 and Psalm 78:60. The prohibition against intercession reprises the theme from 11:14 and 14:11. The 'Queen of Heaven' cult reappears in 44:15-19 among the Egyptian refugees. The Valley of Hinnom connects to 2 Kings 23:10 (Josiah's reform) and becomes Gehenna in Matthew 5:22 and Mark 9:43. The obedience-over-sacrifice principle echoes 1 Samuel 15:22 and Hosea 6:6, and is quoted by Jesus in Matthew 9:13.
הַדָּבָ֛ר אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֥ה אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ מֵאֵ֥ת יְהוָֽה לֵאמֹֽר׃
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
KJV The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
עֲמֹ֗ד בְּשַׁ֙עַר֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה וְקָרָ֣אתָ שָׁ֔ם אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה וְאָמַרְתָּ֑ שִׁמְע֤וּ דְבַר־יְהוָה֙ כָּל־יְהוּדָ֔ה הַבָּאִ֛ים בַּשְּׁעָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֥ת לַיהוָֽה׃
Stand at the gate of the LORD's house and proclaim this message there. Say: Hear the word of the LORD, all of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.
KJV Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.
כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הֵיטִ֥יבוּ דַרְכֵיכֶ֖ם וּמַעַלְלֵיכֶ֑ם וַאֲשַׁכְּנָ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם בַּמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways and your deeds, and I will let you continue to dwell in this place.
KJV Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
אַל־תִּבְטְח֣וּ לָכֶ֔ם אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֥י הַשֶּׁ֖קֶר לֵאמֹ֑ר הֵיכַ֤ל יְהוָה֙ הֵיכַ֣ל יְהוָ֔ה הֵיכַ֥ל יְהוָ֖ה הֵֽמָּה׃
Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: 'The temple of the LORD! The temple of the LORD! The temple of the LORD!'
KJV Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
One of Jeremiah's signature words. It describes not just dishonesty but a comprehensive culture of self-deception — false prophecy, false worship, false security.
כִּ֤י אִם־הֵיטֵ֣יב תֵּיטִ֔יבוּ אֶת־דַּרְכֵיכֶ֖ם וְאֶת־מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֑ם אִם־עָשׂ֤וֹ תַעֲשׂוּ֙ מִשְׁפָּ֔ט בֵּ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ וּבֵ֥ין רֵעֵֽהוּ׃
For if you truly reform your ways and your deeds — if you truly practice justice between one person and another,
KJV For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
Mishpat encompasses both legal procedure and the broader concept of social fairness. Here it specifically refers to honest dealings between individuals in daily life.
גֵּ֣ר יָת֤וֹם וְאַלְמָנָה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲשֹׁ֔קוּ וְדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י אַֽל־תִּשְׁפְּכ֖וּ בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וְאַחֲרֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֧ים אֲחֵרִ֛ים לֹ֥א תֵלְכ֖וּ לְרַ֥ע לָכֶֽם׃
if you do not oppress the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and do not follow other gods to your own harm —
KJV If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
וְשִׁכַּנְתִּ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֛תִּי לַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם לְמִן־עוֹלָ֥ם וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃
then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your ancestors from age to age.
KJV Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
הִנֵּ֣ה אַתֶּ֔ם בֹּטְחִ֥ים לָכֶ֖ם עַל־דִּבְרֵ֣י הַשָּׁ֑קֶר לְבִלְתִּ֖י הוֹעִֽיל׃
Look — you are trusting in deceptive words that accomplish nothing.
KJV Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
הֲגָנֹ֤ב ׀ רָצֹ֙חַ֙ וְנָאֹ֔ף וְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַ לַשָּׁ֑קֶר וְקַטֵּ֣ר לַבַּ֔עַל וְהָלֹ֗ךְ אַחֲרֵ֛י אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יְדַעְתֶּֽם׃
Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known —
KJV Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
וּבָאתֶ֞ם וַעֲמַדְתֶּ֣ם לְפָנַ֗י בַּבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִקְרָא־שְׁמִ֣י עָלָ֔יו וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם נִצַּ֑לְנוּ לְמַ֣עַן עֲשׂ֔וֹת אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַתּוֹעֵב֖וֹת הָאֵֽלֶּה׃
and then come and stand before me in this house that bears my name, and say, 'We are safe!' — only to go on doing all these abominations?
KJV And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
The plural of to'evah, the term for acts that violate the fundamental order of the covenant relationship. Stronger than 'sin' — these are acts God finds repulsive.
הַמְעָרַ֣ת פָּרִצִ֗ים הָיָ֨ה הַבַּ֧יִת הַזֶּ֛ה אֲשֶׁר־נִקְרָא־שְׁמִ֥י עָלָ֖יו בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֑ם גַּ֧ם אָנֹכִ֛י הִנֵּ֥ה רָאִ֖יתִי נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃
Has this house that bears my name become a den of criminals in your eyes? I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
KJV Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
This phrase becomes one of the most famous in Scripture through Jesus's quotation of it. The image is of a robber's cave — a place criminals retreat to for safety between crimes.
כִּ֣י לְכוּ־נָ֗א אֶל־מְקוֹמִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּשִׁיל֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֨ר שִׁכַּ֧נְתִּי שְׁמִ֛י שָׁ֖ם בָּרִאשׁוֹנָ֑ה וּרְא֕וּ אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֥יתִי ל֖וֹ מִפְּנֵ֥י רָעַ֛ת עַמִּ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Go now to my place at Shiloh, where I first made my name dwell, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.
KJV But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
וְעַתָּ֗ה יַ֤עַן עֲשׂוֹתְכֶם֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַמַּֽעֲשִׂ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וָאֲדַבֵּ֧ר אֲלֵיכֶ֛ם הַשְׁכֵּ֥ם וְדַבֵּ֖ר וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם וָאֶקְרָ֥א אֶתְכֶ֖ם וְלֹ֥א עֲנִיתֶֽם׃
And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD — and though I spoke to you persistently, you did not listen, and though I called you, you did not answer —
KJV And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
וְעָשִׂ֜יתִי לַבַּ֣יִת ׀ אֲשֶׁ֧ר נִקְרָא־שְׁמִ֣י עָלָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֤ר אַתֶּם֙ בֹּטְחִ֣ים בּ֔וֹ וְלַ֨מָּק֔וֹם אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥תִּי לָכֶ֖ם וְלַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתִי לְשִׁילֽוֹ׃
I will do to this house that bears my name — the one you are trusting in — and to the place I gave to you and your ancestors, what I did to Shiloh.
KJV Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
וְהִשְׁלַכְתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵעַ֣ל פָּנָ֑י כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר הִשְׁלַ֙כְתִּי֙ אֶת־כָּל־אֲחֵיכֶ֔ם אֵ֖ת כָּל־זֶ֥רַע אֶפְרָֽיִם׃
I will throw you out of my presence, just as I threw out all your kinsmen — all the descendants of Ephraim.
KJV And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
וְאַתָּ֞ה אַל־תִּתְפַּלֵּ֣ל ׀ בְּעַד־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה וְאַל־תִּשָּׂ֧א בַעֲדָ֛ם רִנָּ֥ה וּתְפִלָּ֖ה וְאַל־תִּפְגַּע־בִּ֑י כִּ֥י אֵינֶ֖נִּי שֹׁמֵ֥עַ אֹתָֽךְ׃
As for you — do not pray for this people. Do not lift up cry or prayer on their behalf, and do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you.
KJV Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
הַאֵינְךָ֣ רֹאֶ֔ה מָ֛ה הֵ֥מָּה עֹשִׂ֖ים בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וּבְחֻצ֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃
Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
KJV Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
הַבָּנִ֞ים מְלַקְּטִ֣ים עֵצִ֗ים וְהָֽאָבוֹת֙ מְבַעֲרִ֣ים אֶת־הָאֵ֔שׁ וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים לָשׁ֣וֹת בָּצֵ֑ק לַעֲשׂ֤וֹת כַּוָּנִים֙ לִמְלֶ֣כֶת הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְהַסֵּ֤ךְ נְסָכִים֙ לֵאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים לְמַ֖עַן הַכְעִסֵֽנִי׃
The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven, and they pour out drink offerings to other gods — provoking me to anger.
KJV The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
The exact identification is debated. The cult involved family-based ritual with shaped cakes and drink offerings. It was apparently widespread and deeply popular, especially among women.
הַאֹתִ֛י הֵ֥ם מַכְעִסִ֖ים נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה הֲל֣וֹא אֹתָ֔ם לְמַ֖עַן בֹּ֥שֶׁת פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃
Is it me they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not rather themselves, to their own shame?
KJV Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
לָכֵ֗ן כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֡ה הִנֵּ֣ה אַפִּ֣י וַחֲמָתִי֩ נִתֶּ֨כֶת אֶל־הַמָּק֜וֹם הַזֶּ֗ה עַל־הָאָדָ֤ם וְעַל־הַבְּהֵמָה֙ וְעַל־עֵ֣ץ הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְעַל־פְּרִ֖י הָאֲדָמָ֑ה וּבָעֲרָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א תִכְבֶּֽה׃
Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place — on human and animal, on the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground. It will burn and will not be quenched.
KJV Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עֹלוֹתֵיכֶ֛ם סְפ֥וּ עַל־זִבְחֵיכֶ֖ם וְאִכְל֥וּ בָשָֽׂר׃
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!
KJV Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
The olah ('burnt offering') was entirely consumed by fire on the altar — the worshipper received no portion. God's command to eat even these expresses contempt for the people's hollow ritual.
כִּ֣י לֹֽא־דִבַּ֣רְתִּי אֶת־אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם וְלֹ֤א צִוִּיתִים֙ בְּי֗וֹם הוֹצִיאִ֤י אוֹתָם֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם עַל־דִּבְרֵ֥י עוֹלָ֖ה וָזָ֑בַח׃
For I did not speak to your ancestors, nor did I command them on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.
KJV For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
כִּ֣י אִם־אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֡ה צִוִּ֣יתִי אוֹתָם֩ לֵאמֹ֨ר שִׁמְע֤וּ בְקוֹלִי֙ וְהָיִ֤יתִי לָכֶם֙ לֵאלֹהִ֔ים וְאַתֶּ֖ם תִּהְיוּ־לִ֣י לְעָ֑ם וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם בְּכָל־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲצַוֶּ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם לְמַ֖עַן יִיטַ֥ב לָכֶֽם׃
Rather, this is what I commanded them: Obey my voice, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in every way that I command you, so that it may go well for you.
KJV But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
וְלֹ֤א שָׁמְעוּ֙ וְלֹא־הִטּ֣וּ אֶת־אָזְנָ֔ם וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ בְּמֹעֵצ֖וֹת בִּשְׁרִר֣וּת לִבָּ֣ם הָרָ֑ע וַיִּהְי֥וּ לְאָח֖וֹר וְלֹ֥א לְפָנִֽים׃
But they did not listen or incline their ear. They walked according to the schemes and stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, not forward.
KJV But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Jeremiah's characteristic term for Israel's calcified resistance to God. The root suggests something hardened or twisted into a fixed position.
לְמִן־הַיּ֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָצְא֤וּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח אֲלֵיכֶם֙ אֶת־כָּל־עֲבָדַ֣י הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים י֖וֹם הַשְׁכֵּ֥ם וְשָׁלֹֽחַ׃
From the day your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until this very day, I have sent to you all my servants the prophets — sending them persistently, day after day.
KJV Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.
וְלֹ֤א שָׁמְעוּ֙ אֵלַ֔י וְלֹ֥א הִטּ֖וּ אֶת־אָזְנָ֑ם וַיַּקְשׁ֖וּ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔ם הֵרֵ֖עוּ מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃
But they did not listen to me or incline their ear. They stiffened their neck and did worse than their ancestors.
KJV Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
וְדִבַּרְתָּ֤ אֲלֵיהֶם֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה וְלֹ֥א יִשְׁמְע֖וּ אֵלֶ֑יךָ וְקָרָ֥אתָ אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם וְלֹ֥א יַעֲנֽוּכָה׃
You will speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you. You will call out to them, but they will not answer you.
KJV Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם זֶ֤ה הַגּוֹי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־שָׁמְע֗וּ בְּקוֹל֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א לָקְח֖וּ מוּסָ֑ר אָבְדָה֙ הָאֱמוּנָ֔ה וְנִכְרְתָ֖ה מִפִּיהֶֽם׃
Then say to them: This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God and refused correction. Faithfulness has perished — it has been cut off from their lips.
KJV But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
From the root aleph-mem-nun ('to be firm'). Emunah is not merely intellectual belief but active, enduring covenantal loyalty. Its disappearance signals the total collapse of the covenant relationship.
גָּזִּ֣י נִזְרֵ֗ךְ וְהַשְׁלִ֙יכִי֙ וּשְׂאִ֤י עַל־שְׁפָיִם֙ קִינָ֔ה כִּ֚י מָאַ֣ס יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּטֹּ֖שׁ אֶת־דּ֥וֹר עֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃
Cut off your hair and throw it away! Raise a lament on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and abandoned the generation that provoked his wrath.
KJV Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
כִּֽי־עָשׂ֨וּ בְנֵי־יְהוּדָ֥ה הָרַ֛ע בְּעֵינַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה שָׂ֣מוּ שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֗ם בַּבַּ֛יִת אֲשֶׁר־נִקְרָא־שְׁמִ֥י עָלָ֖יו לְטַמְּאֽוֹ׃
For the people of Judah have done what is evil in my sight, declares the LORD. They have placed their detestable idols in the house that bears my name, defiling it.
KJV For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
וּבָנ֞וּ בָּמ֣וֹת הַתֹּ֗פֶת אֲשֶׁ֤ר בְּגֵי֙ בֶן־הִנֹּ֔ם לִשְׂרֹ֛ף אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֥ם וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵיהֶ֖ם בָּאֵ֑שׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹ֣א צִוִּ֔יתִי וְלֹ֥א עָלְתָ֖ה עַל־לִבִּֽי׃
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire — something I never commanded, and which never entered my mind.
KJV And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded it not, neither came it into my heart.
The etymology may relate to 'fire-pit' or to the drums (toph) beaten during the rituals. It became a byword for the most horrific form of false worship.
This valley's name was corrupted into Greek Gehenna (γέεννα), which became the primary New Testament term for the place of final punishment (Matthew 5:22, Mark 9:43).
לָכֵ֞ן הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ יָמִ֣ים בָּאִ֗ים נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְלֹא־יֵאָמֵ֤ר עוֹד֙ הַתֹּ֔פֶת וְגֵ֖י בֶן־הִנֹּ֑ם כִּ֚י אִם־גֵּ֣י הַהֲרֵגָ֔ה וְקָבְר֥וּ בְתֹ֖פֶת מֵאֵ֥ין מָקֽוֹם׃
Therefore, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when it will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
KJV Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
וְהָיְתָ֞ה נִבְלַ֣ת ׀ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה לְמַאֲכָל֙ לְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּלְבֶהֱמַ֖ת הָאָ֑רֶץ וְאֵ֖ין מַחֲרִֽיד׃
The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth, and no one will drive them away.
KJV And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֣י ׀ מֵעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֗ה וּמֵחֻצוֹת֙ יְרוּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם ק֤וֹל שָׂשׂוֹן֙ וְק֣וֹל שִׂמְחָ֔ה ק֥וֹל חָתָ֖ן וְק֣וֹל כַּלָּ֑ה כִּ֥י לְחָרְבָּ֖ה תִּהְיֶ֥ה הָאָֽרֶץ׃
I will silence in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, for the land will become a wasteland.
KJV Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.