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 [a]potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again, and they shall bury them in Topheth till there be no place to bury.

12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the Lord, and to the inhabitants thereof, and I will make this city like Topheth.

13 For the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the Kings of Judah shall be defiled as the place of Topheth, because of all the [b]houses upon whose [c]roofs they have burnt incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 19:11 This visible sign was to confirm them touching the assurance of this plague, which the Lord threatened by his prophet.
  2. Jeremiah 19:13 He noteth the great rage of the idolaters, which left no place free from their abominations, insomuch as they polluted their own houses therewith, as we see yet among the Papists.
  3. Jeremiah 19:13 Read Deut. 22:8.

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