Jer 19:6 | NETfull | STEP | So I, the Lord , say: “The time will soon come that people will no longer call this place Topheth or the Hinnom Valley. But they will call this valley the Valley of Slaughter!

Jeremiah 19:6

6 So I, the Lord, say: ^{▼▼ This phrase (Heb “Oracle of the Lord”) has been handled this way on several occasions when it occurs within first person addresses where the Lord is the speaker. See, e.g., 16:16; 17:24; 18:6.} “The time will soon come that people will no longer call this place Topheth or the Hinnom Valley. But they will call this valley ^{▼▼ Heb “it will no longer be called to this place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom but the Valley of Slaughter.”} ^{▼▼ See Jer 7:31–32 for an almost word for word repetition of vv. 5–6.} the Valley of Slaughter!