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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 returned from Topheth, the garbage dump where he had delivered this message, and he stopped in front of the Temple of the Lord. He said to the people there, 15 “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will bring disaster upon this city and its surrounding towns as I promised, because you have stubbornly refused to listen to me.’”

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