Under the type of breaking a potter's vessel is foreshewed the desolation of the Jews for their sins.
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  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; |
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19:1 ¶
Thus°
saith°°
Yahweh,°
Go°°
and get°°
a potter's°°
earthen°
bottle,°
and [take] of the ancients°°
of the people,°
and of the ancients°°
of the priests;° |
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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: |
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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, |
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19:3
and thou shalt say to them, Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah{gr.Juda}, and men of Judah{gr.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. |
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19:3
And say,°°
Hear°°
ye the word°
of Yahweh,°
O kings°
of Judah,°
and inhabitants°°
of Jerusalem;°
Thus°
saith°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth,°
the Elohim°
of Israel;°
Behold,°
I will bring°°
evil°
upon°
this°
place,°
the which°
whosoever°
heareth,°°
his ears°
shall tingle.°° |
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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 Judah{gr.Juda} have filled this place with innocent blood, |
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19:4
Because°°
they have forsaken°°
me, and have estranged°°°
this°
place,°
and have burned incense°°
in it unto other°
elohim,°
whom°
neither°
they°
nor their fathers°
have known,°°
nor the kings°
of Judah,°
and have filled°°°
this°
place°
with the blood°
of innocents;° |
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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: |
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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:° |
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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 Hinnom{gr.Ennom}, but, The burial-place of slaughter. |
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19:6
Therefore,°
behold,°
the days°
come,°°
saith°°
Yahweh,°
that this°
place°
shall no°
more°
be called°°
Tophet,°
nor The valley°
of the son°
of Hinnom,°
but°°
The valley°
of slaughter.° |
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19:7
And I will destroy the counsel of Judah{gr.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. |
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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.° |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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19:10
And thou shalt break the bottle in the sight of the men that go forth with thee, |
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19:10
Then shalt thou break°°
the bottle°
in the sight°
of the men°°
that go°°
with°
thee, |
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19:11
and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, Thus will I break in pieces this people, and this city, even as an earthen vessel is broken in pieces which cannot be mended again. |
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19:11
And shalt say°°
unto°
them, Thus°
saith°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth;°
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.°° |
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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. |
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19:12
Thus°
will I do°°
unto this°
place,°
saith°°
Yahweh,°
and to the inhabitants°°
thereof, and [even] make°°°
this°
city°
as Tophet:° |
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19:13
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah{gr.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. |
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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°
elohim.° |
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19:14
And Jeremiah{gr.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; |
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19:14
Then came°°
Jeremiah°
from Tophet,°°
whither°°
Yahweh°
had sent°°
him to prophesy;°°
and he stood°°
in the court°
of Yahweh's°
house;°
and said°°
to°
all°
the people,° |
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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. |
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19:15
Thus°
saith°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth,°
the Elohim°
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.° |
