Jeremiah 19
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Jeremiah 19:1-10

1ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068, “GoH1980 and buyH7069 a 1potter’sH3335 earthenwareH2789 2jarH1228, and take someH4480 of the 3eldersH2205 of the peopleH5971 and someH4480 of the 45seniorH2205 priestsH3548. 2Then goH3318 out to the 6valleyH1516 of Ben-hinnomH1121H2011, whichH834 is by the entranceH6607 of the potsherdH2777 gateH8179, and 7proclaimH7121 thereH8033 the wordsH1697 that I tellH1696 you, 3and sayH559, ‘HearH8085 the wordH1697 of the LordH3068, O 8kingsH4428 of JudahH3063 and inhabitantsH3427 of JerusalemH3389: thusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, “BeholdH2009 I am about to bringH935 a 9calamityH7463 upon thisH2088 placeH4725, at whichH834 the 10earsH241 of everyoneH3605 that hearsH8085 of it will tingleH6750. 4BecauseH3282H834 they have 11forsakenH5800 Me and have 12madeH5235 thisH2088 an alienH5235 placeH4725 and have burnedH6999 13sacrificesH6999 in it to 14otherH312 godsH430, that neitherH3808 they norH3808 their forefathersH1 norH3808 the kingsH4428 of JudahH3063 had ever knownH3045, and because they have filledH4390 thisH2088 placeH4725 with the 15bloodH1818 of the innocentH5355 5and have builtH1129 the 16highH1116 placesH1116 of BaalH1168 to burnH8313 their 17sonsH1121 in the fireH784 as burntH5930 offeringsH5930 to BaalH1168, a thing whichH834 I neverH3808 commandedH6680 or spokeH1696 of, norH3808 did it ever enterH5927 My 18mindH3820; 6thereforeH3651, beholdH2009, 19daysH3117 are comingH935,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068, “when thisH2088 placeH4725 will noH3808 longerH5750 be calledH7121 20TophethH8612 or 21the valleyH1516 of Ben-hinnomH1121H2011, but ratherH3588H518 the valleyH1516 of SlaughterH2028. 7I will 22makeH1238 voidH1238 the counselH6098 of JudahH3063 and JerusalemH3389 in thisH2088 placeH4725, and 23I will cause them to fallH5307 by the swordH2719 beforeH6440 their enemiesH340 and by the handH3027 of those who seekH1245 their lifeH5315; and I will giveH5414 over their 24carcassesH5038 as foodH3978 for the birdsH5775 of the skyH8064 and the beastsH929 of the earthH776. 8I will also makeH7760 thisH2088 cityH5892 a 25desolationH8047 and an object of hissingH8322; 26everyoneH3605 who passesH5674 by it will be astonishedH8074 and hissH8319 becauseH5921 of allH3605 its 27disastersH4347. 9I will make them 28eatH398 the fleshH1320 of their sonsH1121 and the fleshH1320 of their daughtersH1323, and they will eatH398 oneH376 another’sH7453 fleshH1320 in the siegeH4692 and in the distressH4689 with whichH834 their enemiesH340 and those who seekH1245 their lifeH5315 will distressH6693 them.”’

10“Then you are to breakH7665 the 29jarH1228 in the sightH5869 of the menH376 who accompanyH1980H854 you

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 19:1 Jer 18:2 ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 19:1 Jer 19:10 ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 19:1 Num 11:16 ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 19:1 Or elders of ↩
  5. 5. Jeremiah 19:1 2 Kin 19:2; Ezek 8:11 ↩
  6. 6. Jeremiah 19:2 Josh 15:8; 2 Kin 23:10; Jer 7:31, 32; 32:35 ↩
  7. 7. Jeremiah 19:2 Prov 1:20 ↩
  8. 8. Jeremiah 19:3 Jer 17:20 ↩
  9. 9. Jeremiah 19:3 Jer 6:19; 19:15 ↩
  10. 10. Jeremiah 19:3 1 Sam 3:11 ↩
  11. 11. Jeremiah 19:4 Deut 28:20; Is 65:11; Jer 2:13, 17, 19; 17:13 ↩
  12. 12. Jeremiah 19:4 Ezek 7:22; Dan 11:31 ↩
  13. 13. Jeremiah 19:4 Or incense ↩
  14. 14. Jeremiah 19:4 Jer 7:9; 11:13 ↩
  15. 15. Jeremiah 19:4 2 Kin 21:6, 16; Jer 2:34; 7:6 ↩
  16. 16. Jeremiah 19:5 Num 22:41; Jer 32:35 ↩
  17. 17. Jeremiah 19:5 Lev 18:21; 2 Kin 17:17; Ps 106:37, 38 ↩
  18. 18. Jeremiah 19:5 Lit heart ↩
  19. 19. Jeremiah 19:6 Jer 7:32 ↩
  20. 20. Jeremiah 19:6 Is 30:33 ↩
  21. 21. Jeremiah 19:6 Josh 15:8 ↩
  22. 22. Jeremiah 19:7 Ps 33:10, 11; Is 28:17, 18; Jer 8:8, 9 ↩
  23. 23. Jeremiah 19:7 Lev 26:17; Deut 28:25; Jer 15:2, 9 ↩
  24. 24. Jeremiah 19:7 Ps 79:2; Jer 16:4 ↩
  25. 25. Jeremiah 19:8 Jer 18:16; 49:13; 50:13 ↩
  26. 26. Jeremiah 19:8 1 Kin 9:8; 2 Chr 7:21 ↩
  27. 27. Jeremiah 19:8 Lit blows ↩
  28. 28. Jeremiah 19:9 Lev 26:29; Deut 28:53, 55; Is 9:20; Lam 4:10; Ezek 5:10 ↩
  29. 29. Jeremiah 19:10 Jer 19:1 ↩

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