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Jeremiah 19:10

Judgment

8 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.

9 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.’

Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,

11 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.

12 This is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,
KJV
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
WEB
“Then you shall break the container in the sight of the men who go with you,
ASV
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
DARBY
And thou shalt break the flagon in the sight of the men that go with thee,
BLB
And you shall break the flask before the eyes of the men who go with you.
ÅB
Og du skal knuse krukken for de menns øyne som går med deg,
OTB
Så knus krukken i nærvær av dem som følger deg,
B1930
Og du skal knuse krukken for de menns øine som går med dig,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 51:63–64

    When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.

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  • Jeremiah 48:12

    Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him wanderers, who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.

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  • Jeremiah 19:1

    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,

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