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Jeremiah 19:10

Judgment

8 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.

9 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 shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

11 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.

12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:

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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

    And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:

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  • Jeremiah 48:12

    Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.

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  • Jeremiah 19:1

    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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