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Jeremiah 19:12

Topheth
Judgment

10 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.

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

13 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.”

14 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,

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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
This is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.
KJV
Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:
WEB
This is what I will do to this place,” says the LORD, “and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth.
ASV
Thus will I do unto this place, saith Jehovah, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as Topheth:
DARBY
Thus will I do unto this place, saith Jehovah, and to the inhabitants thereof, and make this city as Topheth.
BLB
Thus I will do to this place, a declaration of YHWH, and to its dwellers, so as to give this city [to be] like Tophet!
ÅB
Slik vil jeg gjøre med dette sted, sier Herren, og med dets innbyggere; jeg vil gjøre denne by lik Tofet.
OTB
Dette er hva jeg vil gjøre med dette stedet og dets innbyggere, erklærer Herren, og gjøre denne byen lik Tofet.
B1930
Således vil jeg gjøre med dette sted, sier Herren, og med dets innbyggere; jeg vil gjøre denne by lik Tofet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 10:13

    When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

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  • Jeremiah 11:5

    This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.

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