“and go forth into the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee.”
Jeremiah 19
11 of 15 verses have a reading · Berean Standard Bible
1This is what the LORD says: "Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,
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2and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,
3saying, 'Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring,
“And say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, inhabitants of Jerusalem, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel. Behold, I will bring evil upon this place. The witch whosoever hears it, his ears will tingle”
4because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.
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5They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.
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6So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
“Therefore behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Tophet nor the Valley of the Son of Hinnom but the Valley of Slaughter.”
“Therefore behold the days come, says the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Topheth nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter.”
7And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
“I will make void the council of Judah and Jerusalem in this place and I will cause them here in this valley to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hands of them that seek their lives and their carcasses will I give…”
8I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
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9I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another's flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.'
“and I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend in the siege because of the straightness wherewith their enemies and they that seek their…”
10Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,
“Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with”
11and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter's jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.
“and say unto them thus saith the Lord of hosts even so will I break this people and this city as one breaks a potter's vessel that cannot be made whole again and they shall bury them in Topheth until there is no place to bury”
12This is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.
“thus will I do unto this place saith the Lord and to the inhabitants thereof and even make this city as Topheth”
13The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods."
“and the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be defiled as the place of Topheth because of all of the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense to the host of heaven and have poured out drink…”
14Then Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and proclaimed to all the people,
“Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the Lord had sent him to prophesy. He stood in the court of the Lord's house and said to all the people,”
15"This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.'"
“thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel behold I will bring upon this city and upon all of her towns all of the evil that I have pronounced against it because they have hardened their necks that they might not hear my words”