Jeremiah 19:13

13. Defiled, etc. Literally, as Tophet the defiled. The article, with the word “defiled,” seems to fix this construction, though “defiled” is plural, while Tophet, its subject, is singular. This is to be explained as a case of attraction to the leading subject, houses. Upon whose roofs, etc. On the worship of the stars from the housetops, see Zephaniah 1:5; 2Ki 21:3 ; 2 Kings 23:12.

JEREMIAH’S MESSAGE IN THE TEMPLE, 14, 15.