Then go out to the (A)Valley of Ben-hinnom, which is by the entrance of the [a]Potsherd Gate, and (B)proclaim there the words that I tell you, and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, you (C)kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold I am going to bring a (D)disaster upon this place, at which the (E)ears of everyone that hears of it will tingle. Since they have (F)abandoned Me and have (G)made this place foreign, and have burned [b]sacrifices in it to (H)other gods that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and since they have filled this place with the (I)blood of the innocent

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 19:2 I.e., pottery fragment
  2. Jeremiah 19:4 Or incense

and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom,(A) near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. There proclaim the words I tell you, and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, you kings(B) of Judah and people of Jerusalem. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Listen! I am going to bring a disaster(C) on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle.(D) For they have forsaken(E) me and made this a place of foreign gods(F); they have burned incense(G) in it to gods that neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.(H)

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