Jeremiah 19
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
19 Thus saith the Lord: Go, and take a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests:
2 And go forth into the valley of the son of Ennom, which is by the entry of the earthen gate: and there thou shalt proclaim the words that I shall tell thee.
3 And thou shalt say: Hear the word of the Lord, O ye kings of Juda, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold I will bring an affliction upon this place: so that whoever shall hear it, his ears shall tingle:
4 Because they have forsaken me, and have profaned this place: and have sacrificed therein to strange gods, whom neither they nor their fathers knew, nor the kings of Juda: and they have filled this place with the blood of innocents.
5 And they have built the high places of Baalim, to burn their children with fire for a holocaust to Baalim: which I did not command, nor speak of, neither did it once come into my mind.
6 Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor the valley of the son of Ennom, but the valley of slaughter.
7 And I will defeat the counsel of Juda and of Jerusalem in this place: and I will destroy them with the sword in the sight of their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and I will give their carcasses to be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth.
8 And I will make this city an astonishent, and a hissing: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
9 And I will feed them with the flesh of their sons, and with the flesh of their daughters: and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege, and in the distress wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives shall straiten them.
10 And thou shalt break the bottle in the sight of the men that shall go with thee.
11 And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: even so will I break this people, and this city, as the potter's vessel is broken, which cannot be made whole again: and they shall be buried in Topheth, because there is no other place to bury in.
12 Thus will I do to this place, saith the Lord, and to the inhabitants thereof: and I will make this city as Topheth.
13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Juda shall be unclean as the place of Topheth: all the houses upon whose roofs they have sacrificed to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to strange gods.
14 Then Jeremias came from Topheth, whither the Lord had sent him to prophecy, and he stood in the court of the house of the Lord, and said to all the people:
15 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold I will bring in upon this city, and upon all the cities thereof all the evils that I have spoken against it: because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
Jeremiah 19
New King James Version
The Sign of the Broken Flask
19 Thus says the Lord: “Go and get a potter’s earthen flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests. 2 And go out to (A)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the Potsherd Gate; and proclaim there the words that I will tell you, 3 (B)and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will bring such a catastrophe on this place, that whoever hears of it, his ears will (C)tingle.
4 “Because they (D)have forsaken Me and made this an alien place, because they have burned incense in it to other gods whom neither they, their fathers, nor the kings of Judah have known, and have filled this place with (E)the blood of the innocents 5 (F)(they have also built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, (G)which I did not command or speak, nor did it come into My mind), 6 therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that this place shall no more be called Tophet or (H)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. 7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, (I)and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hands of those who seek their lives; their (J)corpses I will give as meat for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth. 8 I will make this city (K)desolate and a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues. 9 And I will cause them to eat the (L)flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and everyone shall eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and in the desperation with which their enemies and those who seek their lives shall drive them to despair.” ’
10 (M)“Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you, 11 and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: (N)“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 (O)bury them in Tophet till there is no place to bury. 12 Thus I will do to this place,” says the Lord, “and to its inhabitants, and make this city like Tophet. 13 And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be defiled (P)like the place of Tophet, because of all the houses on whose (Q)roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and (R)poured out drink offerings to other gods.” ’ ”
14 Then Jeremiah came from Tophet, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in (S)the court of the Lord’s house and said to all the people, 15 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I will bring on this city and on all her towns all the doom that I have pronounced against it, because (T)they have stiffened their necks that they might not hear My words.’ ”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 19:11 restored
Jeremías 19
La Biblia de las Américas
La vasija rota
19 Así dijo el Señor: Ve y compra una vasija de barro del alfarero(A), y toma contigo[a] a algunos de los ancianos del pueblo(B) y de los ancianos de los sacerdotes(C); 2 y sal al valle de Ben-hinom(D), que está a la entrada de la puerta de los tiestos, y proclama allí las palabras(E) que yo te diré. 3 Dirás: «Oíd la palabra del Señor, reyes de Judá y habitantes de Jerusalén(F). Así dice el Señor de los ejércitos, el Dios de Israel: “He aquí, traeré tal calamidad sobre este lugar(G), que a todo el que oiga de ella le retiñirán los oídos(H). 4 Porque me han abandonado(I), han hecho extraño este lugar y han ofrecido sacrificios[b](J) en él a otros dioses, que ni ellos, ni sus padres, ni los reyes de Judá habían conocido(K), y han llenado este lugar de sangre de inocentes(L), 5 y han edificado los lugares altos de Baal para quemar a sus hijos en el fuego como holocaustos a Baal, cosa que nunca mandé, ni de la cual hablé, ni me pasó por la mente[c](M); 6 por tanto, he aquí, vienen días —declara el Señor— cuando este lugar no se llamará más Tofet ni valle de Ben-hinom, sino Valle de la Matanza(N). 7 Y haré nulo el consejo(O) de Judá y de Jerusalén en este lugar, y los haré caer a espada delante de sus enemigos(P) y a mano de los que buscan su vida, y entregaré sus cadáveres por comida a las aves del cielo y a las bestias de la tierra(Q). 8 También convertiré esta ciudad en desolación y burla; todo aquel que pase por ella se quedará atónito y silbará a causa de toda su destrucción[d](R). 9 Y les haré comer la carne de sus hijos y la carne de sus hijas, y cada uno comerá la carne de su prójimo durante el sitio y en la aflicción con que les afligirán sus enemigos(S) y los que buscan su vida”».
10 Entonces romperás la vasija(T) a la vista de los hombres que te acompañen, 11 y les dirás: «Así dice el Señor de los ejércitos: “De igual manera romperé yo a este pueblo y a esta ciudad, como quien rompe una vasija de alfarero(U), que no se puede reparar más; y los enterrarán en Tofet por no haber otro[e] lugar donde enterrar(V). 12 Así haré con este lugar y con sus habitantes —declara el Señor— poniendo esta ciudad como Tofet. 13 Y las casas de Jerusalén y las casas de los reyes(W) de Judá serán como el lugar de Tofet(X), inmundas, a causa de todas las casas en cuyos terrados ofrecieron sacrificios[f] a todo el ejército del cielo(Y) y derramaron libaciones a otros dioses(Z)”».
14 Y volvió Jeremías de Tofet, adonde lo había enviado el Señor a profetizar, y poniéndose en pie en el atrio de la casa del Señor(AA), dijo a todo el pueblo: 15 Así dice el Señor de los ejércitos, el Dios de Israel: «He aquí, voy a traer sobre esta ciudad y sobre todas sus aldeas la calamidad que he declarado contra ella, porque han endurecido su cerviz para no escuchar mis palabras(AB)».
Footnotes
- Jeremías 19:1 Así en algunas versiones antiguas; el texto heb. omite: toma contigo
- Jeremías 19:4 O, quemado incienso
- Jeremías 19:5 Lit., mi corazón
- Jeremías 19:8 Lit., todos sus golpes
- Jeremías 19:11 O, hasta que no quede
- Jeremías 19:13 O, quemaron incienso
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