Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
This
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 ,
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 ;
and go out
to
the Valley of Ben-
hinnom near
the entrance
of the Potsherd
Gate .
Proclaim there the words I speak
to
you
,
And go forth
unto
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
,
saying
, ‘
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 ,
and inhabitants
of Jerusalem ;
Thus
saith
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel ;
Behold
, I will
bring evil
upon
this place ,
the which
whosoever
heareth
, his
ears
shall
tingle.
because 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.
Because they have forsaken
me ,
and have
estranged
this place ,
and
have burned incense in it
unto
other gods ,
whom
neither they nor their fathers have
known,
nor the kings of Judah ,
and
have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
They 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 .
They have built also
the
high places of
Baal ,
to burn their sons
with
fire for
burnt
offerings unto
Baal ,
which
I commanded not
, nor spake
it ,
neither
came
it
into
my mind :
So
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.
And 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.
And I will make
void
the counsel
of Judah and Jerusalem in
this
place;
and
I will cause
them to
fall by the sword before their enemies, and
by the hands of them
that
seek their lives :
and their
carcases
will I
give to be
meat
for
the fowls
of the heaven,
and for
the beasts of the earth.
I 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
.
And
I will make this city desolate,
and an hissing;
every
one
that
passeth
thereby
shall
be astonished
and hiss
because
of
all the
plagues
thereof
.
I 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 every
one the
flesh of
his
friend
in the siege and straitness,
wherewith
their enemies ,
and
they
that
seek their lives ,
shall
straiten
them
.
Then 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
thee
,
and 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 shalt
say
unto
them ,
Thus
saith
the LORD of hosts ;
Even
so
will I
break
this people
and this city, as
one breaketh
a potter's
vessel,
that cannot
be made
whole
again:
and
they shall
bury them
in Tophet,
till
there be
no place
to bury.
This
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
Tophet:
The 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
Tophet
, because
of
all the houses upon
whose roofs
they have
burned incense unto
all the host of heaven ,
and have
poured out drink offerings unto
other gods.
Then 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 ;
and he stood in the court
of the LORD's
house ;
and said
to all the people,
“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 her
towns
all
the evil
that
I have pronounced against it
, because they have hardened
their necks ,
that
they
might
not hear
my words.
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