19:1 Then said the Lord to me, Go and get an
earthen bottle, the work of the potter, and thou shalt bring [some] of the
elders of the people, and of the priests;
19:2 and thou shalt go forth to the burial-place of the sons of their
children, which is at the entrance of the gate of Charsith; and do thou read
there all these words which I shall speak to thee:
19:3 and thou shalt say to them, Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye kings of
Juda, and men of Juda, and the dwellers in Jerusalem, and they that enter in
by these gates; thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I [will] bring
evil upon this place, so that the ears of every one that hears it shall
tingle.
19:4 Because they forsook me, and profaned this place, and burnt incense in
it to strange gods, which they and their fathers knew not; and the kings of
Juda have filled this place with innocent blood,
19:5 and built high places for Baal, to burn their children in the fire,
which things I commanded not, neither did I design [them] in my heart:
19:6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when this place shall
no more be called, The fall and burial-place of the son of Ennom, but, The
burial-place of slaughter.
19:7 And I will destroy the counsel of Juda and the counsel of Jerusalem in
this place; and I will cast them down with the sword before their enemies,
and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and I will give their dead
bodies for food to the birds of the sky and to the wild beasts of the earth.
19:8 And I will bring this city to desolation and [make it] a hissing; every
one that passes by it shall scowl, and hiss because of all her plague.
19:9 And they shall eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their
daughters; and they shall eat every one the flesh of his neighbour in the
blockade, and in the siege wherewith their enemies shall besiege them.
19:10 And thou shalt break the bottle in the sight of the men that go forth
with thee,
19:11 and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, Thus will I break in pieces
this people, and this city, eve as an earthen vessel is broken in pieces
which cannot be mended again.
19:12 Thus will I do, saith the Lord, to this place, and to the inhabitants
of it, that this city may be given up, as one that is falling to ruin.
19:13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Juda shall
be as a ruinous place, because of their uncleannesses in all the houses,
wherein they burnt incense upon their roofs to all the host of heaven, and
poured drink-offerings to strange gods.
19:14 And Jeremias came from [the place] of the Fall, whither the Lord had
sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the Lord's house: and
said to all the people, Thus saith the Lord;
19:15 Behold I bring upon this city, and upon all the cities belonging to
it, and upon the villages of it, all the evils which I have spoken against
it, because they have hardened their neck, [that they might not] hearken to
my commands. |
19:1 Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a
potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the
ancients of the priests;
19:2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the
entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,
19:3 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and
inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his
ears shall tingle.
19:4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have
burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers
have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the
blood of innocents;
19:5 They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with
fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it,
neither came it into my mind:
19:6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall
no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The
valley of slaughter.
19:7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place;
and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the
hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be
meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
19:8 And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that
passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues
thereof.
19:9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of
their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the
siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their
lives, shall straiten them.
19:10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with
thee,
19:11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I
break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that
cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there
be no place to bury.
19:12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants
thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:
19:13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah,
shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon
whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have
poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
19:14 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to
prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house; and said to all the
people,
19:15 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring
upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced
against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear
my words. |