Jeremiah 19

The Broken Flask

1 Thus says the LORD: "Go and get a potter's earthen flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests. 2 "And go out to a the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the Potsherd Gate; and proclaim there the words that I will tell you, 3 b "and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Behold, I will bring such a catastrophe on this place, that whoever hears of it, his ears will c tingle. 4 "Because they d have forsaken Me and made this an alien place, because they have burned incense in it to other gods whom neither they, their fathers, nor the kings of Judah have known, and have filled this place with e the blood of the innocents 5 f "(they have also built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, g which I did not command or speak, nor did it come into My mind), 6 "therefore behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "that this place shall no more be called Tophet or h the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. 7 "And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, i and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hands of those who seek their lives; their j corpses I will give as meat for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth. 8 "I will make this city k desolate and a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues. 9 "And I will cause them to eat the l flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and everyone shall eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and in the desperation with which their enemies and those who seek their lives shall drive them to despair." '

10 m "Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you, 11 "and say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: n "Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, which cannot be 1 made whole again; and they shall o bury them in Tophet till there is no place to bury. 12 "Thus I will do to this place," says the LORD, "and to its inhabitants, and make this city like Tophet. 13 "And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be defiled p like the place of Tophet, because of all the houses on whose q roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and r poured out drink offerings to other gods." ' "

14 Then Jeremiah came from Tophet, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in s the court of the Lord's house and said to all the people, 15 "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Behold, I will bring on this city and on all her towns all the doom that I have pronounced against it, because t they have stiffened their necks that they might not hear My words.' "

  1. Cross References
    Joshua 15:8
    And the border went up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley of Rephaim northward.
    2 Kings 23:10
    And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech.
    Jeremiah 7:31
    And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart.
    Jeremiah 32:35
    'And they built the high places of Baal which are in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I did not command them, nor did it come into My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.'
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 17:20
    And say to them, 'Hear the word of the LORD, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter by these gates.
  3. Cross References
    1 Samuel 3:11
    Then the LORD said to Samuel: "Behold, I will do something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
    2 Kings 21:12
    Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.
  4. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:20
    The LORD will send on you cursing, confusion, a...
    Isaiah 65:11
    But you are those who forsake the LORD, Who for...
    Jeremiah 2:13
    For My people have committed two evils: They ha...
    Jeremiah 2:17
    Have you not brought this on yourself, In that ...
    Jeremiah 2:19
    Your own wickedness will correct you, And your ...
    Jeremiah 15:6
    You have forsaken Me," says the LORD, "You have...
    Jeremiah 17:13
    O LORD, the hope of Israel, All who forsake You...
  5. Cross References
    2 Kings 21:12
    Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.
    Jeremiah 2:34
    Also on your skirts is found The blood of the lives of the poor innocents. I have not found it by secret search, But plainly on all these things.
    Jeremiah 7:6
    If you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt.
  6. Cross References
    Numbers 22:41
    So it was, the next day, that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal, that from there he might observe the extent of the people.
    Jeremiah 7:31
    And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart.
    Jeremiah 32:35
    'And they built the high places of Baal which are in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I did not command them, nor did it come into My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.'
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 18:21
    And you shall not let any of your descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
    2 Kings 17:17
    And they caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and soothsaying, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger.
    Psalms 106:37
    They even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons.
    Psalms 106:38
    And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.
  8. Cross References
    Joshua 15:8
    And the border went up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley of Rephaim northward.
    Jeremiah 7:32
    Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "when it will no more be called Tophet, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury in Tophet until there is no room.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:17
    I will set My face against you, and you shall be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall flee when no one pursues you.
    Deuteronomy 28:25
    The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them; and you shall become troublesome to all the kingdoms of the earth.
    Jeremiah 15:2
    "And it shall be, if they say to you, 'Where should we go?' then you shall tell them, 'Thus says the LORD: "Such as are for death, to death; And such as are for the sword, to the sword; And such as are for the famine, to the famine; And such as are for the captivity, to the captivity."'
    Jeremiah 15:9
    She languishes who has borne seven; She has breathed her last; Her sun has gone down While it was yet day; She has been ashamed and confounded. And the remnant of them I will deliver to the sword Before their enemies," says the LORD.
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 79:2
    The dead bodies of Your servants They have given as food for the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
    Jeremiah 7:33
    The corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth. And no one will frighten them away.
    Jeremiah 16:4
    "They shall die gruesome deaths; they shall not be lamented nor shall they be buried, but they shall be like refuse on the face of the earth. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their corpses shall be meat for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth."
    Jeremiah 34:20
    I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. Their dead bodies shall be for meat for the birds of the heaven and the beasts of the earth.
  11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 18:16
    To make their land desolate and a perpetual hissing; Everyone who passes by it will be astonished And shake his head.
    Jeremiah 49:13
    "For I have sworn by Myself," says the LORD, "that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. And all its cities shall be perpetual wastes."
    Jeremiah 50:13
    Because of the wrath of the LORD She shall not be inhabited, But she shall be wholly desolate. Everyone who goes by Babylon shall be horrified And hiss at all her plagues.
  12. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:29
    You shall eat the flesh of your sons, and you s...
    Deuteronomy 28:53
    You shall eat the fruit of your own body, the f...
    Deuteronomy 28:55
    So that he will not give any of them the flesh ...
    Isaiah 9:20
    And he shall snatch on the right hand And be hu...
    Lamentations 4:10
    The hands of the compassionate women Have cooke...
    Ezekiel 5:10
    Therefore fathers shall eat their sons in your ...
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:63
    Now it shall be, when you have finished reading this book, that you shall tie a stone to it and throw it out into the Euphrates.
    Jeremiah 51:64
    Then you shall say, 'Thus Babylon shall sink and not rise from the catastrophe that I will bring upon her. And they shall be weary.' " Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 2:9
    You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel.'
    Isaiah 30:14
    And He shall break it like the breaking of the potter's vessel, Which is broken in pieces; He shall not spare. So there shall not be found among its fragments A shard to take fire from the hearth, Or to take water from the cistern.
    Jeremiah 13:14
    "And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together," says the LORD. "I will not pity nor spare nor have mercy, but will destroy them." '"
    Lamentations 4:2
    The precious sons of Zion, Valuable as fine gold, How they are regarded as clay pots, The work of the hands of the potter!
    Revelation 2:27
    He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter's vessels' - as I also have received from My Father.
  15. Cross References
    Jeremiah 7:32
    Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "when it will no more be called Tophet, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury in Tophet until there is no room.
  16. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:10
    And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley ...
    Psalms 74:7
    They have set fire to Your sanctuary; They have...
    Psalms 79:1
    O GOD, the nations have come into Your inherita...
    Jeremiah 52:13
    He burned the house of the LORD and the king's ...
    Ezekiel 7:21
    I will give it as plunder Into the hands of str...
    Ezekiel 7:22
    I will turn My face from them, And they will de...
  17. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:12
    The altars that were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, the king broke down and pulverized there, and threw their dust into the Brook Kidron.
    Jeremiah 32:29
    And the Chaldeans who fight against this city shall come and set fire to this city and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke Me to anger.
    Zephaniah 1:5
    Those who worship the host of heaven on the housetops; Those who worship and swear oaths by the LORD, But who also swear by Milcom.
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 7:18
    The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.
    Ezekiel 20:28
    When I brought them into the land concerning which I had raised My hand in an oath to give them, and they saw all the high hills and all the thick trees, there they offered their sacrifices and provoked Me with their offerings. There they also sent up their sweet aroma and poured out their drink offerings.
  19. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 20:5
    Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court.
    Jeremiah 26:2 - 8
    Thus says the LORD: 'Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's house, all the words that I command you to speak to them. Do not diminish a word.
  20. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:17
    They refused to obey, And they were not mindful of Your wonders That You did among them. But they hardened their necks, And in their rebellion They appointed a leader To return to their bondage. But You are God, Ready to pardon, Gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, Abundant in kindness, And did not forsake them.
    Nehemiah 9:29
    And testified against them, That You might bring them back to Your law. Yet they acted proudly, And did not heed Your commandments, But sinned against Your judgments, 'Which if a man does, he shall live by them.' And they shrugged their shoulders, Stiffened their necks, And would not hear.
    Jeremiah 7:26
    Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.
    Jeremiah 17:23
    But they did not obey nor incline their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear nor receive instruction.
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