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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 19:1 - Strong Concordance
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| Jer 19:1 |
Strong Concordance |
Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Go [01980] and get [07069] a potter's [03335] earthen [02789] bottle [01228], and take of the ancients [02205] of the people [05971], and of the ancients [02205] of the priests [03548]; |
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King James |
Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
THE DESOLATION OF THE JEWS FOR THEIR SINS FORETOLD IN THE VALLEY OF HINNOM; THE SYMBOL OF BREAKING A BOTTLE. (Jer 19:1-15)
bottle--Hebrew, bakuk, so called from the gurgling sound which it makes when being emptied.
ancients--elders. As witnesses of the symbolic action (Jer 19:10; Isa 8:1-2), that the Jews might not afterwards plead ignorance of the prophecy. The seventy-two elders, composing the Sanhedrim, or Great Council, were taken partly from "the priests," partly from the other tribes, that is, "the people," the former presiding over spiritual matters, the latter over civil; the seventy-two represented the whole people. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Get (i. e., purchase) a potter's earthen bottle - The "bottle" was a flask with a long neck, and took its name from the noise made by liquids in running out.
The ancients - These "elders" were the regularly constituted representatives of the people (see Jer 29:1; Num 11:16), and the organization lasted down to our Saviour's time Mat 26:47. Similarly the priests had also their representatives Kg2 19:2. Accompanied thus by the representatives of Church and State, the prophet was to carry the earthen bottle, the symbol of their mean origin and frail existence, outside the walls of Jerusalem. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The Broken Pitcher. - Jer 19:1. "Thus said Jahveh: Go and buy a potter's vessel, and take of the elders of the people and of the elders of the priests, Jer 19:2. And go forth into the valley of Benhinnom, which is before the gate Harsuth, and proclaim there the words which I shall speak unto thee, Jer 19:3. And say: Hear the word of Jahveh, ye kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: Thus hath said Jahveh of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth his ears shall tingle. Jer 19:4. Because they have forsaken me, and disowned this place, and burnt incense in it to other gods whom they knew not, they, and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents, Jer 19:5. And have built high places for Baal, to burn their sons in the fire as burnt-offerings to Baal, which I have neither commanded nor spoken, nor came it into my heart. Jer 19:6. Therefore, behold, days come, saith Jahve, that this place shall no longer be called Tophet and Valley of Benhinnom, but Valley of Slaughter. Jer 19:7. And I make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of them that seek their lives, and give their carcases to be food for the fowls of the heaven and the beast of the earth. Jer 19:8. And make this city a dismay and a scoffing; every one that passeth thereby shall be dismayed and hiss because of all her strokes; Jer 19:9. And make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and each shall eat his neighbour's flesh in the siege and straitness wherewith their enemies and they that seek after their lives shall straiten them. - Jer 19:10. And break the pitcher before the eyes of the men that go with thee, Jer 19:11. And say to them: Thus hath Jahve of hosts said: Even so will I break this people and this city as one breaketh this potter's vessel, that it cannot be made whole again; and in Tophet shall they bury them, because there is no room to bury. Jer 19:12. Thus will I do unto this place, saith Jahveh, and its inhabitants, to make this city as Tophet. Jer 19:13. And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall become, as the place Tophet, unclean, all the houses upon whose roofs they have burnt incense to the whole host of heaven and poured out drink-offerings to other gods."
The purpose for which Jeremiah was to buy the earthen jar is told in Jer 19:10, and the meaning of breaking it in the valley of Benhinnom is shown in Jer 19:11-13. בּקבּק, from בּקק, to pour out, is a jar with a narrow neck, so called from the sound heard when liquid is poured out of it, although the vessel was used for storing honey, Kg1 14:3. The appellation יוצר, former of earthen vessels, i.e., potter, is given to denote the jar as one which, on being broken, would shiver into many fragments. Before "of the elders of the people" a verb seems to be awanting, for which cause many supply ולקחתּ (according to Jer 41:12; Jer 43:10, etc.), rightly so far as sense is concerned; but we are hardly entitled to assume a lacuna in the text. That assumption is opposed by the ו before מזּקני; for we cannot straightway presume that this ו was put in after the verb had dropped out of the text. In that case the whole word would have been restored. We have here rather, as Schnur. saw, a bold constructio praegnans, the verb "buy" being also joined in zeugma with "of the elders:" buy a jar and (take) certain of the elders; cf. similar, only less bold, zeugmatic constr. in Job 4:10; Job 10:12; Isa 58:5. "Elders of the priests," as in Kg2 19:2, probably identical with the "princes (שׂרי) of the priests," Ch2 36:14, are doubtless virtually the same as the "heads (ראשׁי) of the priests," Neh 12:7, the priests highest in esteem, not merely for their age, but also in virtue of their rank; just as the "elders of the people" were a permanent representation of the people, consisting of the heads of tribes, houses or septs, and families; cf. Kg1 8:1-3, and my Bibl. Archol. ii. S. 218. Jeremiah was to take elders of the people and of the priesthood, because it was most readily to be expected of them that the word of God to be proclaimed would find a hearing amongst them. As to the valley of Benhinnom, see on Jer 7:31. שׁער החרסוּת, not Sun-gate (after חרס, Job 9:7; Jdg 8:13), but Pottery or Sherd-gate, from חרס = חרשׂ, in rabbin. חרסית, potter's clay. The Chet. חרסוּת is the ancient form, not the modern (Hitz.), for the Keri is adapted to the rabbinical form. The clause, "which is before the Harsuth-gate," is not meant to describe more particularly the locality, sufficiently well known in Jerusalem, but has reference to the act to be performed there. The name, gate of חרסוּת, which nowhere else occurs, points no doubt to the breaking to shivers of the jar. Hence we are rather to translate Sherd-gate than Pottery-gate, the name having probably arisen amongst the people from the broken fragments which lay about this gate. Comm. are not at one as to which of the known city gates is meant. Hitz. and Kimchi are wrong in thinking of a gate of the court of the temple - the southern one. The context demands one of the city gates, two of which led into the Benhinnom valley: the Spring-or Fountain-gate at the south-east corner, and the Dung-gate on the south-west side of Zion; see on Neh 3:13-15. One of these two must be meant, but which of them it cannot be decided. there Jeremiah is to cry aloud the words which follow, Jer 19:3-8, and which bear on the kings of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. "Kings" in the plural, as in Jer 13:13, because the matter concerned not the reigning king only, but his successors too, who had been guilty of the sins to be punished.
Jer 19:3-5
In Jer 19:3-5 the threatening is summarily set forth. Horrible evil will the Lord bring on this place, i.e., Jerusalem. The ears of every one that hears it will tingle, so utterly stunning will the news of it turn out to be; cf. Kg2 21:12 and Sa1 3:11, where we find תּצלּינה; cf. Ew. 197, a. This they have brought on themselves by their dreadful sins. They have forsaken Jahveh, disowned this place; נכּר , prop. find strange, Deu 32:27, then treat as strange, deny, Job 21:29. In substance: they have not treated Jerusalem as the city of the sanctuary of their God, but, as it mentioned after, they have burnt incense in it to other (strange) gods. The words: they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, are not the subject to "knew not," as is "they and their," etc., in Jer 9:15; Jer 16:13, but to the preceding verb of the principal clause. "And have filled the city with the blood of innocents." This Grot. and others understand by the blood of the children slain for Moloch; and for this, appeal is made to Psa 106:37., where the pouring out of innocent blood is explained to be that of sons and daughters offered to idols. But this passage cannot be the standard for the present one, neither can the statement that here we have to deal with idolatry alone. This latter is petitio principii. If shedding the blood of innocents had been said of offerings to Moloch, then Jer 19:5 must be taken as epexegesis. But in opposition to this we have not only the parallelism of the clauses, but also and especially the circumstance, that not till Jer 19:5 is mention made of altars on which to offer children of Moloch. We therefore understand the filling of Jerusalem with the blood of innocents, according to Jer 7:6, cf. Jer 2:34 and Jer 22:3, Jer 22:17, of judicial murder or of bloody persecution of the godly; and on two grounds: 1. because alongside of idolatry we always find mentioned as the chief sin the perversion of justice to the shedding of innocent blood (cf. the passages cited), so that this sin would not likely be omitted here, as one cause of the dreadful judgment about to pass on Jerusalem; 2. because our passage recalls the very wording of Kg2 21:16, where, after mentioning his idolatry, it is said of Manasseh: Also innocent blood hath he shed, until he made Jerusalem full (מלּא) to the brink.
The climax in the enumeration of sins in these verses is accordingly this: 1. The disowning of the holiness of Jerusalem as the abode of the Lord by the public practice of idolatry; 2. the shedding of innocent blood as extremity of injustice and godless judicial practices; 3. as worst of all abominations, the building of altars for burning their own children to Moloch. That the Moloch-sacrifices are mentioned last, as being worst of all, is shown by the three relative clauses: which I have not commanded, etc., which by an impassioned gradation of phrases mark God's abomination of these horrors. On this subject cf. Jer 7:31 and Jer 32:35.
Jer 19:6-13
In Jer 19:6-13 the threatened punishment is given again at large, and that in two strophes or series of ideas, which explain the emblematical act with the pitcher. The first series, Jer 19:6-9, is introduced by בּקּותי, which intimates the meaning of the pitcher; and the other, Jer 19:10-13, is bound up with the breaking of the pitcher. But both series are, Jer 19:6, opened by the mention of the locality of the act. As Jer 19:5 was but an expansion of Jer 7:31, so Jer 19:6 is a literal repetition of Jer 7:32. The valley of Benhinnom, with its places for abominable sacrifices (תּפת, see on Jer 7:32), shall in the future be called Valley of Slaughter; i.e., at the judgment on Jerusalem it will be the place where the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judah will be slain by the enemy. There God will make void (בּקּותי, playing on בּקבּק), i.e., bring to nothing; for what is poured out comes to nothing; cf. Isa 19:3. There they shall fall by the sword in such numbers that their corpses shall be food for the beasts of prey (cf. Jer 7:33), and the city of Jerusalem shall be frightfully ravaged (Jer 19:8, cf. Jer 18:16; Jer 25:9, etc.). מכּתה (plural form of suffix without Jod; cf. Ew. 258, a), the wounds she has received. - In Jer 19:9 is added yet another item to complete the awful picture, the terrible famine during the siege, partly taken from the words of Deu 28:53. and Lev 26:29. That this appalling misery did actually come about during the last siege by the Chaldeans, we learn from Lam 4:10. - The second series, Jer 19:10-13, is introduced by the act of breaking the pitcher. This happens before the eyes of the elders who have accompanied Jeremiah thither: to them the explanatory word of the Lord is addressed. As the earthen pitcher, so shall Jerusalem - people and city - be broken to pieces; and that irremediably. This is implied in: as one breaks a potter's vessel, etc. (הרפה for הרפא). The next clause: and in Tophet they shall bury, etc., is omitted by the lxx as a repetition from Jer 7:32, and is object to by Ew., Hitz., and Graf, as not being in keeping with its context. Ew. proposes to insert it before "as one breaketh;" but this transposition only obscures the meaning of the clause. It connects very suitably with the idea of the incurable breaking in sunder. Because the breaking up of Jerusalem and its inhabitants shall be incurable, shall be like the breaking of a pitcher dashed into countless fragments, therefore there will be lack of room in Jerusalem to bury the dead, and the unclean places of Tophet will need to be used for that purpose. With this the further thought of Jer 19:12 and Jer 19:13 connects simply and suitably. Thus (as had been said at Jer 19:11) will I do unto this place and its inhabitants, ולתת, and that to make the city as Tophet, i.e., not "a mass of sherds and rubbish, as Tophet now is" (Graf); for neither was Tophet then a rubbish-heap, nor did it so become by the breaking of the pitcher. But Josiah had turned all the place of Tophet in the valley of Benhinnom into an unclean region (Kg2 23:10). All Jerusalem shall become an unclean place like Tophet. This is put in so many words in Jer 19:13 : The houses of Jerusalem shall become unclean like the place Tophet, namely, all houses on whose roofs idolatry has been practised. The construction of הטּמאים causes some difficulty. The position of the word at the end disfavours our connecting it with the subject בּתּי, and so does the article, which does not countenance its being taken as predicate. To get rid of the article, J. D. Mich. and Ew. sought to change the reading into תּפתּה טמאים, after Isa 30:33. But תּפתּה means a Tophet-like place, not Tophet itself, and so gives no meaning to the purpose. No other course is open than to join the word with "the place Tophet:" like the place Tophet, which is unclean. The plural would then be explained less from the collective force of מקום than from regard to the plural subject. "All the houses" opens a supplementary definition of the subject: as concerning all houses; cf. Ew. 310, a. On the worship of the stars by sacrifice on the housetops, transplanted by Manasseh to Jerusalem, see the expos. of Zep 1:5 and Kg2 21:3. 'והסּך, coinciding literally with Jer 7:18; the inf. absol. being attached to the verb. finit. of the former clause (Ew. 351, c.). - Thus far the word of the Lord to Jeremiah, which he was to proclaim in the valley of Benhinnom. - The execution of the divine commission is, as being a matter of course, not expressly recounted, but is implied in Jer 19:14 as having taken place. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Go and get a potter's earthen bottle - This discourse was also delivered some time in the reign of Jehoiakim. Under the type of breaking a potter's earthen bottle or jug, Jeremiah shows his enemies that the word of the Lord should stand, that Jerusalem should be taken and sacked, and they all carried into captivity.
Ancients of the priests - The chiefs of the twenty-four classes which David had established. See Ch1 24:4. |
1 Moreover the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto me, Take [03947] thee a great [01419] roll [01549], and write [03789] in it with a man's [0582] pen [02747] concerning Mahershalalhashbaz [04122].
2 And I took [05749] unto me faithful [0539] witnesses [05707] to record [05749], Uriah [0223] the priest [03548], and Zechariah [02148] the son [01121] of Jeberechiah [03000].
10 Then shalt thou break [07665] the bottle [01228] in the sight [05869] of the men [0582] that go [01980] with thee,
1 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Go [01980] and get [07069] a potter's [03335] earthen [02789] bottle [01228], and take of the ancients [02205] of the people [05971], and of the ancients [02205] of the priests [03548];
2 And go forth [03318] unto the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], which is by the entry [06607] of the east [02777] gate [08179], and proclaim [07121] there the words [01697] that I shall tell [01696] thee,
3 And say [0559], Hear [08085] ye the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], O kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389]; Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will bring [0935] evil [07451] upon this place [04725], the which whosoever heareth [08085], his ears [0241] shall tingle [06750].
4 Because they have forsaken [05800] me, and have estranged [05234] this place [04725], and have burned incense [06999] in it unto other [0312] gods [0430], whom neither they nor their fathers [01] have known [03045], nor the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and have filled [04390] this place [04725] with the blood [01818] of innocents [05355];
5 They have built [01129] also the high places [01116] of Baal [01168], to burn [08313] their sons [01121] with fire [0784] for burnt offerings [05930] unto Baal [01168], which I commanded [06680] not, nor spake [01696] it, neither came [05927] it into my mind [03820]:
6 Therefore, behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that this place [04725] shall no more be called [07121] Tophet [08612], nor The valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], but The valley [01516] of slaughter [02028].
7 And I will make void [01238] the counsel [06098] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] in this place [04725]; and I will cause them to fall [05307] by the sword [02719] before [06440] their enemies [0341], and by the hands [03027] of them that seek [01245] their lives [05315]: and their carcases [05038] will I give [05414] to be meat [03978] for the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], and for the beasts [0929] of the earth [0776].
8 And I will make [07760] this city [05892] desolate [08047], and an hissing [08322]; every one that passeth [05674] thereby shall be astonished [08074] and hiss [08319] because of all the plagues [04347] thereof.
9 And I will cause them to eat [0398] the flesh [01320] of their sons [01121] and the flesh [01320] of their daughters [01323], and they shall eat [0398] every one [0376] the flesh [01320] of his friend [07453] in the siege [04692] and straitness [04689], wherewith their enemies [0341], and they that seek [01245] their lives [05315], shall straiten [06693] them.
10 Then shalt thou break [07665] the bottle [01228] in the sight [05869] of the men [0582] that go [01980] with thee,
11 And shalt say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Even so [03602] will I break [07665] this people [05971] and this city [05892], as one breaketh [07665] a potter's [03335] vessel [03627], that cannot [03201] be made whole again [07495]: and they shall bury [06912] them in Tophet [08612], till there be no place [04725] to bury [06912].
12 Thus will I do [06213] unto this place [04725], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and to the inhabitants [03427] thereof, and even make [05414] this city [05892] as Tophet [08612]:
13 And the houses [01004] of Jerusalem [03389], and the houses [01004] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], shall be defiled [02931] as the place [04725] of Tophet [08612], because of all the houses [01004] upon whose roofs [01406] they have burned incense [06999] unto all the host [06635] of heaven [08064], and have poured out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto other [0312] gods [0430].
14 Then came [0935] Jeremiah [03414] from Tophet [08612], whither the LORD [03068] had sent [07971] him to prophesy [05012]; and he stood [05975] in the court [02691] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004]; and said [0559] to all the people [05971],
15 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will bring [0935] upon this city [05892] and upon all her towns [05892] all the evil [07451] that I have pronounced [01696] against it, because they have hardened [07185] their necks [06203], that they might not hear [08085] my words [01697].
2 And he sent [07971] Eliakim [0471], which was over the household [01004], and Shebna [07644] the scribe [05608], and the elders [02205] of the priests [03548], covered [03680] with sackcloth [08242], to Isaiah [03470] the prophet [05030] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531].
47 And [2532] while [2089] he [846] yet [2089] spake [2980], lo [2400], Judas [2455], one [1520] of the twelve [1427], came [2064], and [2532] with [3326] him [846] a great [4183] multitude [3793] with [3326] swords [3162] and [2532] staves [3586], from [575] the chief priests [749] and [2532] elders [4245] of the people [2992].
16 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Gather [0622] unto me seventy [07657] men [0376] of the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], whom thou knowest [03045] to be the elders [02205] of the people [05971], and officers [07860] over them; and bring [03947] them unto the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], that they may stand [03320] there with thee.
1 Now these are the words [01697] of the letter [05612] that Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030] sent [07971] from Jerusalem [03389] unto the residue [03499] of the elders [02205] which were carried away captives [01473], and to the priests [03548], and to the prophets [05030], and to all the people [05971] whom Nebuchadnezzar [05019] had carried away captive [01540] from Jerusalem [03389] to Babylon [0894];
14 Then came [0935] Jeremiah [03414] from Tophet [08612], whither the LORD [03068] had sent [07971] him to prophesy [05012]; and he stood [05975] in the court [02691] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004]; and said [0559] to all the people [05971],
18 The children [01121] gather [03950] wood [06086], and the fathers [01] kindle [01197] the fire [0784], and the women [0802] knead [03888] their dough [01217], to make [06213] cakes [03561] to the queen [04446] of heaven [08064], and to pour out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto other [0312] gods [0430], that they may provoke me to anger [03707].
3 For he built up [01129] again [07725] the high places [01116] which Hezekiah [02396] his father [01] had destroyed [06]; and he reared up [06965] altars [04196] for Baal [01168], and made [06213] a grove [0842], as did [06213] Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478]; and worshipped [07812] all the host [06635] of heaven [08064], and served [05647] them.
5 And them that worship [07812] the host [06635] of heaven [08064] upon the housetops [01406]; and them that worship [07812] and that swear [07650] by the LORD [03068], and that swear [07650] by Malcham [04428];
33 For Tophet [08613] is ordained [06186] of old [0865]; yea, for the king [04428] it is prepared [03559]; he hath made it deep [06009] and large [07337]: the pile [04071] thereof is fire [0784] and much [07235] wood [06086]; the breath [05397] of the LORD [03068], like a stream [05158] of brimstone [01614], doth kindle [01197] it.
13 And the houses [01004] of Jerusalem [03389], and the houses [01004] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], shall be defiled [02931] as the place [04725] of Tophet [08612], because of all the houses [01004] upon whose roofs [01406] they have burned incense [06999] unto all the host [06635] of heaven [08064], and have poured out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto other [0312] gods [0430].
10 And he defiled [02930] Topheth [08612], which is in the valley [01516] of the children [01121] [01121] of Hinnom [02011], that no man [0376] might make his son [01121] or his daughter [01323] to pass through [05674] the fire [0784] to Molech [04432].
11 And shalt say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Even so [03602] will I break [07665] this people [05971] and this city [05892], as one breaketh [07665] a potter's [03335] vessel [03627], that cannot [03201] be made whole again [07495]: and they shall bury [06912] them in Tophet [08612], till there be no place [04725] to bury [06912].
13 And the houses [01004] of Jerusalem [03389], and the houses [01004] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], shall be defiled [02931] as the place [04725] of Tophet [08612], because of all the houses [01004] upon whose roofs [01406] they have burned incense [06999] unto all the host [06635] of heaven [08064], and have poured out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto other [0312] gods [0430].
12 Thus will I do [06213] unto this place [04725], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and to the inhabitants [03427] thereof, and even make [05414] this city [05892] as Tophet [08612]:
32 Therefore, behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that it shall no more be called [0559] Tophet [08612], nor the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], but the valley [01516] of slaughter [02028]: for they shall bury [06912] in Tophet [08612], till there be no [0369] place [04725].
10 Then shalt thou break [07665] the bottle [01228] in the sight [05869] of the men [0582] that go [01980] with thee,
11 And shalt say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Even so [03602] will I break [07665] this people [05971] and this city [05892], as one breaketh [07665] a potter's [03335] vessel [03627], that cannot [03201] be made whole again [07495]: and they shall bury [06912] them in Tophet [08612], till there be no place [04725] to bury [06912].
12 Thus will I do [06213] unto this place [04725], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and to the inhabitants [03427] thereof, and even make [05414] this city [05892] as Tophet [08612]:
13 And the houses [01004] of Jerusalem [03389], and the houses [01004] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], shall be defiled [02931] as the place [04725] of Tophet [08612], because of all the houses [01004] upon whose roofs [01406] they have burned incense [06999] unto all the host [06635] of heaven [08064], and have poured out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto other [0312] gods [0430].
10 The hands [03027] of the pitiful [07362] women [0802] have sodden [01310] their own children [03206]: they were their meat [01262] in the destruction [07667] of the daughter [01323] of my people [05971].
29 And ye shall eat [0398] the flesh [01320] of your sons [01121], and the flesh [01320] of your daughters [01323] shall ye eat [0398].
53 And thou shalt eat [0398] the fruit [06529] of thine own body [0990], the flesh [01320] of thy sons [01121] and of thy daughters [01323], which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath given [05414] thee, in the siege [04692], and in the straitness [04689], wherewith thine enemies [0341] shall distress [06693] thee:
9 And I will cause them to eat [0398] the flesh [01320] of their sons [01121] and the flesh [01320] of their daughters [01323], and they shall eat [0398] every one [0376] the flesh [01320] of his friend [07453] in the siege [04692] and straitness [04689], wherewith their enemies [0341], and they that seek [01245] their lives [05315], shall straiten [06693] them.
9 Behold, I will send [07971] and take [03947] all the families [04940] of the north [06828], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and Nebuchadrezzar [05019] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], my servant [05650], and will bring [0935] them against this land [0776], and against the inhabitants [03427] thereof, and against all these nations [01471] round about [05439], and will utterly destroy [02763] them, and make [07760] them an astonishment [08047], and an hissing [08322], and perpetual [05769] desolations [02723].
16 To make [07760] their land [0776] desolate [08047], and a perpetual [05769] hissing [08292] [08292]; every one that passeth [05674] thereby shall be astonished [08074], and wag [05110] his head [07218].
8 And I will make [07760] this city [05892] desolate [08047], and an hissing [08322]; every one that passeth [05674] thereby shall be astonished [08074] and hiss [08319] because of all the plagues [04347] thereof.
33 And the carcases [05038] of this people [05971] shall be meat [03978] for the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], and for the beasts [0929] of the earth [0776]; and none shall fray them away [02729].
3 And the spirit [07307] of Egypt [04714] shall fail [01238] in the midst [07130] thereof; and I will destroy [01104] the counsel [06098] thereof: and they shall seek [01875] to the idols [0457], and to the charmers [0328], and to them that have familiar spirits [0178], and to the wizards [03049].
32 Therefore, behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that it shall no more be called [0559] Tophet [08612], nor the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], but the valley [01516] of slaughter [02028]: for they shall bury [06912] in Tophet [08612], till there be no [0369] place [04725].
32 Therefore, behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that it shall no more be called [0559] Tophet [08612], nor the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], but the valley [01516] of slaughter [02028]: for they shall bury [06912] in Tophet [08612], till there be no [0369] place [04725].
6 Therefore, behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that this place [04725] shall no more be called [07121] Tophet [08612], nor The valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], but The valley [01516] of slaughter [02028].
31 And they have built [01129] the high places [01116] of Tophet [08612], which is in the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], to burn [08313] their sons [01121] and their daughters [01323] in the fire [0784]; which I commanded [06680] them not, neither came [05927] it into my heart [03820].
5 They have built [01129] also the high places [01116] of Baal [01168], to burn [08313] their sons [01121] with fire [0784] for burnt offerings [05930] unto Baal [01168], which I commanded [06680] not, nor spake [01696] it, neither came [05927] it into my mind [03820]:
6 Therefore, behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that this place [04725] shall no more be called [07121] Tophet [08612], nor The valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], but The valley [01516] of slaughter [02028].
10 Then shalt thou break [07665] the bottle [01228] in the sight [05869] of the men [0582] that go [01980] with thee,
11 And shalt say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Even so [03602] will I break [07665] this people [05971] and this city [05892], as one breaketh [07665] a potter's [03335] vessel [03627], that cannot [03201] be made whole again [07495]: and they shall bury [06912] them in Tophet [08612], till there be no place [04725] to bury [06912].
12 Thus will I do [06213] unto this place [04725], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and to the inhabitants [03427] thereof, and even make [05414] this city [05892] as Tophet [08612]:
13 And the houses [01004] of Jerusalem [03389], and the houses [01004] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], shall be defiled [02931] as the place [04725] of Tophet [08612], because of all the houses [01004] upon whose roofs [01406] they have burned incense [06999] unto all the host [06635] of heaven [08064], and have poured out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto other [0312] gods [0430].
6 Therefore, behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that this place [04725] shall no more be called [07121] Tophet [08612], nor The valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], but The valley [01516] of slaughter [02028].
7 And I will make void [01238] the counsel [06098] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] in this place [04725]; and I will cause them to fall [05307] by the sword [02719] before [06440] their enemies [0341], and by the hands [03027] of them that seek [01245] their lives [05315]: and their carcases [05038] will I give [05414] to be meat [03978] for the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], and for the beasts [0929] of the earth [0776].
8 And I will make [07760] this city [05892] desolate [08047], and an hissing [08322]; every one that passeth [05674] thereby shall be astonished [08074] and hiss [08319] because of all the plagues [04347] thereof.
9 And I will cause them to eat [0398] the flesh [01320] of their sons [01121] and the flesh [01320] of their daughters [01323], and they shall eat [0398] every one [0376] the flesh [01320] of his friend [07453] in the siege [04692] and straitness [04689], wherewith their enemies [0341], and they that seek [01245] their lives [05315], shall straiten [06693] them.
6 Therefore, behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that this place [04725] shall no more be called [07121] Tophet [08612], nor The valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], but The valley [01516] of slaughter [02028].
7 And I will make void [01238] the counsel [06098] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] in this place [04725]; and I will cause them to fall [05307] by the sword [02719] before [06440] their enemies [0341], and by the hands [03027] of them that seek [01245] their lives [05315]: and their carcases [05038] will I give [05414] to be meat [03978] for the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], and for the beasts [0929] of the earth [0776].
8 And I will make [07760] this city [05892] desolate [08047], and an hissing [08322]; every one that passeth [05674] thereby shall be astonished [08074] and hiss [08319] because of all the plagues [04347] thereof.
9 And I will cause them to eat [0398] the flesh [01320] of their sons [01121] and the flesh [01320] of their daughters [01323], and they shall eat [0398] every one [0376] the flesh [01320] of his friend [07453] in the siege [04692] and straitness [04689], wherewith their enemies [0341], and they that seek [01245] their lives [05315], shall straiten [06693] them.
10 Then shalt thou break [07665] the bottle [01228] in the sight [05869] of the men [0582] that go [01980] with thee,
11 And shalt say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Even so [03602] will I break [07665] this people [05971] and this city [05892], as one breaketh [07665] a potter's [03335] vessel [03627], that cannot [03201] be made whole again [07495]: and they shall bury [06912] them in Tophet [08612], till there be no place [04725] to bury [06912].
12 Thus will I do [06213] unto this place [04725], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and to the inhabitants [03427] thereof, and even make [05414] this city [05892] as Tophet [08612]:
13 And the houses [01004] of Jerusalem [03389], and the houses [01004] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], shall be defiled [02931] as the place [04725] of Tophet [08612], because of all the houses [01004] upon whose roofs [01406] they have burned incense [06999] unto all the host [06635] of heaven [08064], and have poured out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto other [0312] gods [0430].
6 Therefore, behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that this place [04725] shall no more be called [07121] Tophet [08612], nor The valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], but The valley [01516] of slaughter [02028].
7 And I will make void [01238] the counsel [06098] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] in this place [04725]; and I will cause them to fall [05307] by the sword [02719] before [06440] their enemies [0341], and by the hands [03027] of them that seek [01245] their lives [05315]: and their carcases [05038] will I give [05414] to be meat [03978] for the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], and for the beasts [0929] of the earth [0776].
8 And I will make [07760] this city [05892] desolate [08047], and an hissing [08322]; every one that passeth [05674] thereby shall be astonished [08074] and hiss [08319] because of all the plagues [04347] thereof.
9 And I will cause them to eat [0398] the flesh [01320] of their sons [01121] and the flesh [01320] of their daughters [01323], and they shall eat [0398] every one [0376] the flesh [01320] of his friend [07453] in the siege [04692] and straitness [04689], wherewith their enemies [0341], and they that seek [01245] their lives [05315], shall straiten [06693] them.
10 Then shalt thou break [07665] the bottle [01228] in the sight [05869] of the men [0582] that go [01980] with thee,
11 And shalt say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Even so [03602] will I break [07665] this people [05971] and this city [05892], as one breaketh [07665] a potter's [03335] vessel [03627], that cannot [03201] be made whole again [07495]: and they shall bury [06912] them in Tophet [08612], till there be no place [04725] to bury [06912].
12 Thus will I do [06213] unto this place [04725], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and to the inhabitants [03427] thereof, and even make [05414] this city [05892] as Tophet [08612]:
13 And the houses [01004] of Jerusalem [03389], and the houses [01004] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], shall be defiled [02931] as the place [04725] of Tophet [08612], because of all the houses [01004] upon whose roofs [01406] they have burned incense [06999] unto all the host [06635] of heaven [08064], and have poured out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto other [0312] gods [0430].
35 And they built [01129] the high places [01116] of Baal [01168], which are in the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], to cause their sons [01121] and their daughters [01323] to pass [05674] through the fire unto Molech [04432]; which I commanded [06680] them not, neither came [05927] it into my mind [03820], that they should do [06213] this abomination [08441], to cause Judah [03063] to sin [02398].
31 And they have built [01129] the high places [01116] of Tophet [08612], which is in the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], to burn [08313] their sons [01121] and their daughters [01323] in the fire [0784]; which I commanded [06680] them not, neither came [05927] it into my heart [03820].
16 Moreover Manasseh [04519] shed [08210] innocent [05355] blood [01818] very [03966] much [07235], till he had filled [04390] Jerusalem [03389] from one end [06310] to another [06310]; beside his sin [02403] wherewith he made Judah [03063] to sin [02398], in doing [06213] that which was evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068].
17 But thine eyes [05869] and thine heart [03820] are not but for thy covetousness [01215], and for to shed [08210] innocent [05355] blood [01818], and for oppression [06233], and for violence [04835], to do [06213] it.
3 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Execute [06213] ye judgment [04941] and righteousness [06666], and deliver [05337] the spoiled [01497] out of the hand [03027] of the oppressor [06216]: and do no wrong [03238], do no violence [02554] to the stranger [01616], the fatherless [03490], nor the widow [0490], neither shed [08210] innocent [05355] blood [01818] in this place [04725].
34 Also in thy skirts [03671] is found [04672] the blood [01818] of the souls [05315] of the poor [034] innocents [05355]: I have not found [04672] it by secret search [04290], but upon all these.
6 If ye oppress [06231] not the stranger [01616], the fatherless [03490], and the widow [0490], and shed [08210] not innocent [05355] blood [01818] in this place [04725], neither walk [03212] after [0310] other [0312] gods [0430] to your hurt [07451]:
5 They have built [01129] also the high places [01116] of Baal [01168], to burn [08313] their sons [01121] with fire [0784] for burnt offerings [05930] unto Baal [01168], which I commanded [06680] not, nor spake [01696] it, neither came [05927] it into my mind [03820]:
5 They have built [01129] also the high places [01116] of Baal [01168], to burn [08313] their sons [01121] with fire [0784] for burnt offerings [05930] unto Baal [01168], which I commanded [06680] not, nor spake [01696] it, neither came [05927] it into my mind [03820]:
37 Yea, they sacrificed [02076] their sons [01121] and their daughters [01323] unto devils [07700],
13 Therefore will I cast [02904] you out of this land [0776] into a land [0776] that ye know [03045] not, neither ye nor your fathers [01]; and there shall ye serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430] day [03119] and night [03915]; where I will not shew [05414] you favour [02594].
15 Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will feed [0398] them, even this people [05971], with wormwood [03939], and give them water [04325] of gall [07219] to drink [08248].
29 Have ye not asked [07592] them that go [05674] by the way [01870]? and do ye not know [05234] their tokens [0226],
27 Were it not [03884] that I feared [01481] the wrath [03708] of the enemy [0341], lest their adversaries [06862] should behave themselves strangely [05234], and lest they should say [0559], Our hand [03027] is high [07311], and the LORD [03068] hath not done [06466] all this.
11 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] to Samuel [08050], Behold, I will do [06213] a thing [01697] in Israel [03478], at which both [08147] the ears [0241] of every one that heareth [08085] it shall tingle [06750].
12 Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], Behold, I am bringing [0935] such evil [07451] upon Jerusalem [03389] and Judah [03063], that whosoever heareth [08085] of it, both [08147] his ears [0241] shall tingle [06750].
3 And say [0559], Hear [08085] ye the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], O kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389]; Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will bring [0935] evil [07451] upon this place [04725], the which whosoever heareth [08085], his ears [0241] shall tingle [06750].
4 Because they have forsaken [05800] me, and have estranged [05234] this place [04725], and have burned incense [06999] in it unto other [0312] gods [0430], whom neither they nor their fathers [01] have known [03045], nor the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and have filled [04390] this place [04725] with the blood [01818] of innocents [05355];
5 They have built [01129] also the high places [01116] of Baal [01168], to burn [08313] their sons [01121] with fire [0784] for burnt offerings [05930] unto Baal [01168], which I commanded [06680] not, nor spake [01696] it, neither came [05927] it into my mind [03820]:
3 And say [0559], Hear [08085] ye the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], O kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389]; Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will bring [0935] evil [07451] upon this place [04725], the which whosoever heareth [08085], his ears [0241] shall tingle [06750].
4 Because they have forsaken [05800] me, and have estranged [05234] this place [04725], and have burned incense [06999] in it unto other [0312] gods [0430], whom neither they nor their fathers [01] have known [03045], nor the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and have filled [04390] this place [04725] with the blood [01818] of innocents [05355];
5 They have built [01129] also the high places [01116] of Baal [01168], to burn [08313] their sons [01121] with fire [0784] for burnt offerings [05930] unto Baal [01168], which I commanded [06680] not, nor spake [01696] it, neither came [05927] it into my mind [03820]:
13 Then shalt thou say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Behold, I will fill [04390] all the inhabitants [03427] of this land [0776], even the kings [04428] that sit [03427] upon David's [01732] throne [03678], and the priests [03548], and the prophets [05030], and all the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], with drunkenness [07943].
3 And say [0559], Hear [08085] ye the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], O kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389]; Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will bring [0935] evil [07451] upon this place [04725], the which whosoever heareth [08085], his ears [0241] shall tingle [06750].
4 Because they have forsaken [05800] me, and have estranged [05234] this place [04725], and have burned incense [06999] in it unto other [0312] gods [0430], whom neither they nor their fathers [01] have known [03045], nor the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and have filled [04390] this place [04725] with the blood [01818] of innocents [05355];
5 They have built [01129] also the high places [01116] of Baal [01168], to burn [08313] their sons [01121] with fire [0784] for burnt offerings [05930] unto Baal [01168], which I commanded [06680] not, nor spake [01696] it, neither came [05927] it into my mind [03820]:
6 Therefore, behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that this place [04725] shall no more be called [07121] Tophet [08612], nor The valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], but The valley [01516] of slaughter [02028].
7 And I will make void [01238] the counsel [06098] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] in this place [04725]; and I will cause them to fall [05307] by the sword [02719] before [06440] their enemies [0341], and by the hands [03027] of them that seek [01245] their lives [05315]: and their carcases [05038] will I give [05414] to be meat [03978] for the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], and for the beasts [0929] of the earth [0776].
8 And I will make [07760] this city [05892] desolate [08047], and an hissing [08322]; every one that passeth [05674] thereby shall be astonished [08074] and hiss [08319] because of all the plagues [04347] thereof.
13 The valley [01516] gate [08179] repaired [02388] Hanun [02586], and the inhabitants [03427] of Zanoah [02182]; they built [01129] it, and set up [05975] the doors [01817] thereof, the locks [04514] thereof, and the bars [01280] thereof, and a thousand [0505] cubits [0520] on the wall [02346] unto the dung [0830] gate [08179].
14 But the dung [0830] gate [08179] repaired [02388] Malchiah [04441] the son [01121] of Rechab [07394], the ruler [08269] of part [06418] of Bethhaccerem [01021]; he built [01129] it, and set up [05975] the doors [01817] thereof, the locks [04514] thereof, and the bars [01280] thereof.
15 But the gate [08179] of the fountain [05869] repaired [02388] Shallun [07968] the son [01121] of Colhozeh [03626], the ruler [08269] of part [06418] of Mizpah [04709]; he built [01129] it, and covered [02926] it, and set up [05975] the doors [01817] thereof, the locks [04514] thereof, and the bars [01280] thereof, and the wall [02346] of the pool [01295] of Siloah [07975] by the king's [04428] garden [01588], and unto the stairs [04609] that go down [03381] from the city [05892] of David [01732].
13 And Gideon [01439] the son [01121] of Joash [03101] returned [07725] from battle [04421] before [04608] the sun [02775] was up,
7 Which commandeth [0559] the sun [02775], and it riseth [02224] not; and sealeth up [02856] the stars [03556].
31 And they have built [01129] the high places [01116] of Tophet [08612], which is in the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], to burn [08313] their sons [01121] and their daughters [01323] in the fire [0784]; which I commanded [06680] them not, neither came [05927] it into my heart [03820].
1 Then Solomon [08010] assembled [06950] the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and all the heads [07218] of the tribes [04294], the chief [05387] of the fathers [01] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], unto king [04428] Solomon [08010] in Jerusalem [03389], that they might bring up [05927] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068] out of the city [05892] of David [01732], which is Zion [06726].
2 And all the men [0376] of Israel [03478] assembled [06950] themselves unto king [04428] Solomon [08010] at the feast [02282] in the month [03391] Ethanim [0388], which is the seventh [07637] month [02320].
3 And all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478] came [0935], and the priests [03548] took up [05375] the ark [0727].
7 Sallu [05543], Amok [05987], Hilkiah [02518], Jedaiah [03048]. These were the chief [07218] of the priests [03548] and of their brethren [0251] in the days [03117] of Jeshua [03442].
14 Moreover all the chief [08269] of the priests [03548], and the people [05971], transgressed [04603] very [04604] much [07235] after all the abominations [08441] of the heathen [01471]; and polluted [02930] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] which he had hallowed [06942] in Jerusalem [03389].
2 And he sent [07971] Eliakim [0471], which was over the household [01004], and Shebna [07644] the scribe [05608], and the elders [02205] of the priests [03548], covered [03680] with sackcloth [08242], to Isaiah [03470] the prophet [05030] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531].
5 Is it such a fast [06685] that I have chosen [0977]? a day [03117] for a man [0120] to afflict [06031] his soul [05315]? is it to bow down [03721] his head [07218] as a bulrush [0100], and to spread [03331] sackcloth [08242] and ashes [0665] under him? wilt thou call [07121] this [02088] a fast [06685], and an acceptable [07522] day [03117] to the LORD [03068]?
12 Thou hast granted [06213] me life [02416] and favour [02617], and thy visitation [06486] hath preserved [08104] my spirit [07307].
10 The roaring [07581] of the lion [0738], and the voice [06963] of the fierce lion [07826], and the teeth [08127] of the young lions [03715], are broken [05421].
10 And say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will send [07971] and take [03947] Nebuchadrezzar [05019] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], my servant [05650], and will set [07760] his throne [03678] upon [04605] these stones [068] that I have hid [02934]; and he shall spread [05186] his royal pavilion [08237] over them.
12 Then they took [03947] all the men [0582], and went [03212] to fight [03898] with Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418], and found [04672] him by the great [07227] waters [04325] that are in Gibeon [01391].
3 And take [03947] with thee [03027] ten [06235] loaves [03899], and cracknels [05350], and a cruse [01228] of honey [01706], and go [0935] to him: he shall tell [05046] thee what shall become of the child [05288].
11 And shalt say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Even so [03602] will I break [07665] this people [05971] and this city [05892], as one breaketh [07665] a potter's [03335] vessel [03627], that cannot [03201] be made whole again [07495]: and they shall bury [06912] them in Tophet [08612], till there be no place [04725] to bury [06912].
12 Thus will I do [06213] unto this place [04725], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and to the inhabitants [03427] thereof, and even make [05414] this city [05892] as Tophet [08612]:
13 And the houses [01004] of Jerusalem [03389], and the houses [01004] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], shall be defiled [02931] as the place [04725] of Tophet [08612], because of all the houses [01004] upon whose roofs [01406] they have burned incense [06999] unto all the host [06635] of heaven [08064], and have poured out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto other [0312] gods [0430].
10 Then shalt thou break [07665] the bottle [01228] in the sight [05869] of the men [0582] that go [01980] with thee,
13 And the houses [01004] of Jerusalem [03389], and the houses [01004] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], shall be defiled [02931] as the place [04725] of Tophet [08612], because of all the houses [01004] upon whose roofs [01406] they have burned incense [06999] unto all the host [06635] of heaven [08064], and have poured out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto other [0312] gods [0430].
12 Thus will I do [06213] unto this place [04725], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and to the inhabitants [03427] thereof, and even make [05414] this city [05892] as Tophet [08612]:
11 And shalt say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Even so [03602] will I break [07665] this people [05971] and this city [05892], as one breaketh [07665] a potter's [03335] vessel [03627], that cannot [03201] be made whole again [07495]: and they shall bury [06912] them in Tophet [08612], till there be no place [04725] to bury [06912].
10 Then shalt thou break [07665] the bottle [01228] in the sight [05869] of the men [0582] that go [01980] with thee,
9 And I will cause them to eat [0398] the flesh [01320] of their sons [01121] and the flesh [01320] of their daughters [01323], and they shall eat [0398] every one [0376] the flesh [01320] of his friend [07453] in the siege [04692] and straitness [04689], wherewith their enemies [0341], and they that seek [01245] their lives [05315], shall straiten [06693] them.
8 And I will make [07760] this city [05892] desolate [08047], and an hissing [08322]; every one that passeth [05674] thereby shall be astonished [08074] and hiss [08319] because of all the plagues [04347] thereof.
7 And I will make void [01238] the counsel [06098] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] in this place [04725]; and I will cause them to fall [05307] by the sword [02719] before [06440] their enemies [0341], and by the hands [03027] of them that seek [01245] their lives [05315]: and their carcases [05038] will I give [05414] to be meat [03978] for the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], and for the beasts [0929] of the earth [0776].
6 Therefore, behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that this place [04725] shall no more be called [07121] Tophet [08612], nor The valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], but The valley [01516] of slaughter [02028].
5 They have built [01129] also the high places [01116] of Baal [01168], to burn [08313] their sons [01121] with fire [0784] for burnt offerings [05930] unto Baal [01168], which I commanded [06680] not, nor spake [01696] it, neither came [05927] it into my mind [03820]:
4 Because they have forsaken [05800] me, and have estranged [05234] this place [04725], and have burned incense [06999] in it unto other [0312] gods [0430], whom neither they nor their fathers [01] have known [03045], nor the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and have filled [04390] this place [04725] with the blood [01818] of innocents [05355];
3 And say [0559], Hear [08085] ye the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], O kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389]; Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will bring [0935] evil [07451] upon this place [04725], the which whosoever heareth [08085], his ears [0241] shall tingle [06750].
2 And go forth [03318] unto the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], which is by the entry [06607] of the east [02777] gate [08179], and proclaim [07121] there the words [01697] that I shall tell [01696] thee,
1 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Go [01980] and get [07069] a potter's [03335] earthen [02789] bottle [01228], and take of the ancients [02205] of the people [05971], and of the ancients [02205] of the priests [03548];
4 And there were more [07227] chief [07218] men [01397] found [04672] of the sons [01121] of Eleazar [0499] than of the sons [01121] of Ithamar [0385]; and thus were they divided [02505]. Among the sons [01121] of Eleazar [0499] there were sixteen [08337] [06240] chief men [07218] of the house [01004] of their fathers [01], and eight [08083] among the sons [01121] of Ithamar [0385] according to the house [01004] of their fathers [01].