Jeremiah 7:30

“For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the Lord, etc.] Meaning not a single action only, but a series, a course of evil actions; and those openly, in a daring manner, not only before men, but in the sight of God, and in contempt of him, like the men of Sodom, (<011313>Genesis 13:13): they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it; that is, set their idols in the temple; here Manasseh set up a graven image of the grove, (<122107>2 Kings 21:7) which was done, as if it was done on purpose to defile it.”

“set their abominations in the house-- (Jer 32:34; Kg2 21:4, Kg2 21:7; Kg2 23:4; Eze 8:5-14).”

“Jeremiah summons the people to lament over the miserable consequences of their rejection of God. In the valley of Hinnom, where lately they offered their innocents, they shall themselves fall before the enemy in such multitudes that burial shall be impossible, and the beasts of the field unmolested shall prey upon their remains. Jeremiah 7:29 The daughter of Zion, defiled by the presence of enemies in her sanctuary, and rejected of God, must shear off the diadem of her hair, the symbol of her consecration to God, just as the Nazarite, when defiled by contact with a corpse, was to shave his crowned head. Take up a lamentation ... - Or, lift up a “lamentation on the bare hill-sides” Jeremiah…”

“In the house - It was not enough to have their idols abroad in the hills and groves, but they must bring them into God's house. Jeremiah 7:31”

“7:30–8:3 This message decreed death for the people of Judah. It was finally fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem (586 BC). 7:30-34 The valley of Ben-Hinnom began on the west side of Jerusalem and continued around the south side. This narrow, steep-sided valley opened into the Kidron Valley and was the city’s combined garbage dump and graveyard. The bodies of the poor who were murdered or died of disease were dumped there, and child sacrifice (a practice totally abhorrent to the Lord; see 2 Chr 28:3; 33:6) was performed there. The valley was also known as Topheth (2 Kgs 23:10; Isa 30:33), perhaps referring to the ritual drums (Hebrew top) or to the sacrificial fires (tap) that were used…”

“they: Jer 23:11, Jer 32:34; Kg2 21:4, Kg2 21:7, Kg2 23:4-6, Kg2 23:12; Ch2 33:4, Ch2 33:5, Ch2 33:7, Ch2 33:15; Eze 7:20; Eze 8:5-17, Eze 43:7, Eze 43:8; Dan 9:27 Jeremiah 7:31”