Referring to the use made of Gehenna in the days of the prophet Jeremiah, God said: “They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, in order to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, a thing that I had not commanded and that had not come up into my heart. ”
فحين اشار يهوه الى ما كان يجري في « وادي هنوم » في زمن النبي ارميا قال :‏ « بنوا مرتفعات توفة التي في وادي ابن هنوم ليحرقوا بنيهم وبناتهم بالنار ،‏ وهو امر لم آمر به ولا صعد على قلبي » .‏