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 scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds. 9I 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, 11and 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. 12This is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.

Jeremiah 19:10 word by word

וְשָׁבַרְתָּ֖ הַבַּקְבֻּ֑ק לְעֵינֵי֙ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים הַהֹלְכִ֖ים אוֹתָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

• Then you are to shatterשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• the jarבַּקְבֻּקbaqbûq · flaskH1228
• in the presenceעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• of the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• who accompanyהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• youאֵת'êth · withH854

Cross-references for Jeremiah 19:10

• Jeremiah 48:12Therefore 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.
• Jeremiah 51:63When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into 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