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
;
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,
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
.
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
;
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
:
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
.
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
.
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.
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.
Then shalt thou break the bottle
in the sight
of the men
that go
with thee,
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
.
Thus will I do unto this place
, saith
the LORD
, and to the inhabitants
thereof, and even make
this city
as Tophet
:
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
.
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
,
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
.