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# For a place of burning was prepared long ago
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"For long ago Yahweh prepared a place for burning"
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# a place of burning
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Some English translations read, "Topheth," the name of a place in the Hinnom Valley, south of Jerusalem, where at one time people burned their children as sacrifices to a false god.
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# it is prepared for the king
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"Yahweh prepared it for the king of Assyria"
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# The pile is ready with a fire and much wood
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"The pile is ready with much wood to make a fire"
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# The breath of Yahweh, like a stream of sulfur, will set it on fire
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This speaks of Yahweh's breath as if it were a river of fire that will set the pile on fire.
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