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 an object of horror, a thing to be hissed at. All who pass by it will be filled with horror and will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it. 9I will reduce the people of this city to desperate straits during the siege imposed on it by their enemies who are seeking to kill them. I will make them so desperate that they will eat the flesh of their own sons and daughters and the flesh of one another.”’” The Lord continued, “Now break the jar in front of those who have come here with you. 11Tell them the Lord who rules over all says, ‘I will do just as Jeremiah has done. I will smash this nation and this city as though it were a potter’s vessel which is broken beyond repair. The dead will be buried here in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.’ 12I, the Lord, say: ‘That is how I will deal with this city and its citizens. I will make it 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 48:12But the time is coming when I will send men against Moab who will empty it out. They will empty the towns of their people, then will lay those towns in ruins. I, the Lord, affirm it!
• Jeremiah 51:63When you finish reading this scroll aloud, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.

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