Jer 7:31-32 | JFB | STEP | 31. high places of Tophet —the altars [HORSLEY ] of Tophet; erected to Moloch, on the heights along the south of the valley facing Zion. burn . . . sons — ( ). commanded . . . not —put for, "I forbade expressly" ( ). See on ; .

Jeremiah 7:31-32

31. high places of Tophet—the altars [HORSLEY] of Tophet; erected to Moloch, on the heights along the south of the valley facing Zion.

burn . . . sons— (Ps 106:38).

commanded . . . not—put for, "I forbade expressly" (De 17:3; 12:31). See on Jer 2:23; Isa 30:33.

32. valley of slaughter—so named because of the great slaughter of the Jews about to take place at Jerusalem: a just retribution of their sin in slaying their children to Moloch in Tophet.

no place—no room, namely, to bury in, so many shall be those slain by the Chaldeans (Jer 19:11; Eze 6:5).