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Jeremiah 19 Summary
The Broken Potter's Bottle and Valley of Slaughter
God commands Jeremiah to obtain a potter's earthen bottle and go to the valley of the son of Hinnom, where he proclaims that God will bring evil upon that place for forsaking Him and burning incense to other gods and filling the place with innocent blood. They built high places of Baal to burn their sons as offerings, which God never commanded or desired. The valley shall be called the valley of slaughter; God will make void the counsel of Judah and cause them to fall by the sword. Bodies will become meat for fowls and beasts, and the city will become desolate and a hissing. In the siege, they will eat the flesh of sons and daughters. Jeremiah then breaks the bottle before the people, declaring that God will break this people and city as a potter's vessel that cannot be made whole, burying them in Tophet.
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Jeremiah 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.”
Jeremiah 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.”
Jeremiah 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.”
Jeremiah 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.”
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