(A)And I will feed them with the flesh of their sons, and with the flesh of their daughters, and everyone shall eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies that seek their lives, shall hold them strait.

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 [a]potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again, and they shall bury them in Topheth till there be no place to bury.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 19:11 This visible sign was to confirm them touching the assurance of this plague, which the Lord threatened by his prophet.

I will make them eat(A) the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh because their enemies(B) will press the siege so hard against them to destroy them.’

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

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