high places. Idolatrous places. Not the same word as Jeremiah 7:29.
Tophet. In the valley of the son of Hinnom (2 Kings 23:10; Isaiah 30:33.Isaiah 19:6; Isaiah 19:11-14).
Hinnom. Now Wady er Rababeh (Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:16. 2Ki 23:10. 2 Chronicles 28:3; 2 Chronicles 33:6; Nehemiah 11:30).
burn. This shows the result of passing them through the fire.
which. commanded them not. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 17:3; Deuteronomy 18:10). App-92. Note the sin of adding to God's commands and words.
them. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, and Syriac, read this "them"in the text. Compare Jeremiah 32:35.
came. ascended. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), for coming into the mind.