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14 Then Jeremiah left Topheth where the Lord had sent him to give that prophecy. He went to the Lord’s temple and stood[a] in its courtyard and called out to all the people. 15 “The Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel,[b] says, ‘I will soon bring on this city and all the towns surrounding it[c] all the disaster I threatened to do to it. I will do so because they have stubbornly refused[d] to pay any attention to what I have said!’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 19:14 tn Heb “And Jeremiah entered from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.”
  2. Jeremiah 19:15 tn Heb “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel.”sn See the study notes on 2:19 and 7:3 for explanation of this title.
  3. Jeremiah 19:15 tn Heb “all its towns.”
  4. Jeremiah 19:15 tn Heb “They hardened [or made stiff] their neck so as not to.”

14 Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where Yahweh had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the (A)court of the house of Yahweh and said to all the people: 15 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and all its towns the entire calamity that I have spoken against it because they have (B)stiffened their necks so (C)as not to hear My words.’”

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