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I will make them (A)eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their life will distress them.”’

10 “Then you are to break the (B)jar in the sight of the men who accompany you, 11 and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Just so will I (C)break this people and this city, even as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot again be repaired; and they will (D)bury in Topheth [a]because there is no other place for burial.

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  1. Jeremiah 19:11 Or until there is no place left to bury

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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