10 “Then you are to break the (A)jar in the sight of the men who accompany you, 11 and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “To the same extent I will (B)break this people and this city, just as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot again be repaired; and they will (C)bury their dead in Topheth, [a]because there is no other place for burial. 12 This is how I will treat this place and its inhabitants,” declares the Lord, “so as to make this city like Topheth. 13 The (D)houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be (E)defiled like the place Topheth, because of all the (F)houses on whose rooftops they burned [b]sacrifices to (G)all the heavenly [c]lights and (H)poured out drink offerings to other gods.”’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 19:11 Or until there is no place left to bury
  2. Jeremiah 19:13 Or incense
  3. Jeremiah 19:13 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc.

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