11 and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)“Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot be [a]made whole again; and they shall (B)bury them in Tophet till there is no place to bury.

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  1. Jeremiah 19:11 restored

11 and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I will smash(A) this nation and this city just as this potter’s jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They will bury(B) the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.

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(A)You shall [a]break them with a rod of iron;
You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”

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  1. Psalm 2:9 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. rule (cf. Rev. 2:27)

You will break them with a rod of iron[a];(A)
    you will dash them to pieces(B) like pottery.(C)

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  1. Psalm 2:9 Or will rule them with an iron scepter (see Septuagint and Syriac)

14 And (A)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]A shard to take fire from the hearth,
Or to take water from the cistern.”

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  1. Isaiah 30:14 A piece of broken pottery

14 It will break in pieces like pottery,(A)
    shattered so mercilessly
that among its pieces not a fragment will be found
    for taking coals from a hearth
    or scooping water out of a cistern.”

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The precious sons of Zion,
[a]Valuable as fine gold,
How they are [b]regarded (A)as clay pots,
The work of the hands of the potter!

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  1. Lamentations 4:2 Lit. Weighed against
  2. Lamentations 4:2 reckoned

How the precious children of Zion,(A)
    once worth their weight in gold,
are now considered as pots of clay,
    the work of a potter’s hands!

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27 ‘He(A) 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;

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27 that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter(A) and will dash them to pieces like pottery’[a](B)—just as I have received authority from my Father.

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  1. Revelation 2:27 Psalm 2:9

14 And (A)I will dash them [a]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.” ’ ”

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  1. Jeremiah 13:14 Lit. a man against his brother

14 I will smash them one against the other, parents and children alike, declares the Lord. I will allow no pity(A) or mercy or compassion(B) to keep me from destroying(C) them.’”

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therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that this place shall no more be called Tophet or (A)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.

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So beware, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when people will no longer call this place Topheth(A) or the Valley of Ben Hinnom,(B) but the Valley of Slaughter.(C)

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31 And they have built the (A)high places of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to (B)burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, (C)which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart.

32 “Therefore behold, (D)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; (E)for they will bury in Tophet until there is no room.

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31 They have built the high places of Topheth(A) in the Valley of Ben Hinnom(B) to burn their sons and daughters(C) in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.(D) 32 So beware, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when people will no longer call it Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter,(E) for they will bury(F) the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.

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