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.

10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

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.

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I will devastate this city and make it an object of horror and scorn;(A) all who pass by will be appalled(B) and will scoff because of all its wounds.(C) I will make them eat(D) the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh because their enemies(E) will press the siege so hard against them to destroy them.’

10 “Then break the jar(F) while those who go with you are watching, 11 and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I will smash(G) this nation and this city just as this potter’s jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They will bury(H) the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.

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