Jeremiah 19
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Jeremiah 19:4-9

4BecauseH3282H834 they have 1forsakenH5800 Me and have 2madeH5235 thisH2088 an alienH5235 placeH4725 and have burnedH6999 3sacrificesH6999 in it to 4otherH312 godsH430, that neitherH3808 they norH3808 their forefathersH1 norH3808 the kingsH4428 of JudahH3063 had ever knownH3045, and because they have filledH4390 thisH2088 placeH4725 with the 5bloodH1818 of the innocentH5355 5and have builtH1129 the 6highH1116 placesH1116 of BaalH1168 to burnH8313 their 7sonsH1121 in the fireH784 as burntH5930 offeringsH5930 to BaalH1168, a thing whichH834 I neverH3808 commandedH6680 or spokeH1696 of, norH3808 did it ever enterH5927 My 8mindH3820; 6thereforeH3651, beholdH2009, 9daysH3117 are comingH935,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068, “when thisH2088 placeH4725 will noH3808 longerH5750 be calledH7121 10TophethH8612 or 11the valleyH1516 of Ben-hinnomH1121H2011, but ratherH3588H518 the valleyH1516 of SlaughterH2028. 7I will 12makeH1238 voidH1238 the counselH6098 of JudahH3063 and JerusalemH3389 in thisH2088 placeH4725, and 13I 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 14carcassesH5038 as foodH3978 for the birdsH5775 of the skyH8064 and the beastsH929 of the earthH776. 8I will also makeH7760 thisH2088 cityH5892 a 15desolationH8047 and an object of hissingH8322; 16everyoneH3605 who passesH5674 by it will be astonishedH8074 and hissH8319 becauseH5921 of allH3605 its 17disastersH4347. 9I will make them 18eatH398 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.”’

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Notes

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

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