Jeremiah 19:10

Jeremiah 19:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
• New International Version (NIV)“Then break the jar while those who go with you are watching,
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you,

Context of Jeremiah 19:10

8I will make this city a desolation and an object of hissing; everyone who passes by it will be amazed and will hiss [in scorn] because of all its plagues and disasters. 9And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and each one will eat one another’s flesh during the siege and distress brought by their enemies and those who seek their lives.” ’ “Then you are to break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you, 11and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “This is the way I will break this people and this city as one breaks a potter’s vessel, so that it cannot be mended. They will bury [corpses] in Topheth until there is no more room left [in that place] to bury [the dead]. 12This I will do to this place,” says the Lord, “and to its inhabitants; and I will even make this city like Topheth.

Jeremiah 19:10 word by word

וְשָׁבַרְתָּ֖ הַבַּקְבֻּ֑ק לְעֵינֵי֙ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים הַהֹלְכִ֖ים אוֹתָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then shalt thou breakשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• the bottleבַּקְבֻּקbaqbûq · flaskH1228
• in the sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• of the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• that goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980

Cross-references for Jeremiah 19:10

• Jeremiah 48:12Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “when I will send to Moab those who will tip him over and who will empty his vessels and break his [earthenware] jars in pieces.
• Jeremiah 51:63And as soon as you finish reading this scroll, you shall tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 19:10

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-15Verses 10-15 The potter's vessel, after it is hardened, can never be pieced again when it is broken. And as the bottle was broken, so shall Judah and Jerusalem be broken by the Chaldeans. No human hand can repair it; but if they return to the Lord he will heal. As they filled Tophet with the slain sacrificed to their idols, so will God fill the whole city with the slain that shall fall as sacrifices to his justice. Whatever men may think, God will appear…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-13Judah, the nation these leaders represented, would be completely destroyed and beyond repair. Judah would never again be a sovereign nation with a king from David's line (see Jeremiah 33:17–18). The city of Jerusalem would become as defiled as Topheth, the unclean valley (see study note on Jeremiah 7:30–34).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. break ... bottle--a symbolical action, explained in Jr 19:11. the men--the elders of the people and of the priests (Jr 19:1; compare Jr 51:63, 64).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 19:10

• Bottle
• Instruction
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Ancient
• Bottle
• Cruse
• Harden
• Hissing
• Void
• Break
• Philemon, Epistle to
• Potter; Pottery
• Jeremiah

Commentaries on Jeremiah 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings