1Thus saith559 the LORD3068, Go1980 and get7069 a potter's3335 earthen2789 bottle1228, and take of the ancients2205 of the people5971, and of the ancients2205 of the priests3548;
2And go forth3318 unto the valley1516 of the son1121 of Hinnom2011, which is by the entry6607 of the east2777 gate8179, and proclaim7121 there the words1697 that I shall tell1696 thee,
3And say559, Hear8085 ye the word1697 of the LORD3068, O kings4428 of Judah3063, and inhabitants3427 of Jerusalem3389; Thus saith559 the LORD3068 of hosts6635, the God430 of Israel3478; Behold, I will bring935 evil7451 upon this place4725, the which whosoever heareth8085, his ears241 shall tingle6750.
4Because they have forsaken5800 me, and have estranged5234 this place4725, and have burned incense6999 in it unto other312 gods430, whom neither they nor their fathers1 have known3045, nor the kings4428 of Judah3063, and have filled4390 this place4725 with the blood1818 of innocents5355;
5They have built1129 also the high places1116 of Baal1168, to burn8313 their sons1121 with fire784 for burnt offerings5930 unto Baal1168, which I commanded6680 not, nor spake1696 it, neither came5927 it into my mind3820:
6Therefore, behold, the days3117 come935, saith5002 the LORD3068, that this place4725 shall no more be called7121 Tophet8612, nor The valley1516 of the son1121 of Hinnom2011, but The valley1516 of slaughter2028.
7And I will make void1238 the counsel6098 of Judah3063 and Jerusalem3389 in this place4725; and I will cause them to fall5307 by the sword2719 before6440 their enemies341, and by the hands3027 of them that seek1245 their lives5315: and their carcases5038 will I give5414 to be meat3978 for the fowls5775 of the heaven8064, and for the beasts929 of the earth776.
8And I will make7760 this city5892 desolate8047, and an hissing8322; every one that passeth5674 thereby shall be astonished8074 and hiss8319 because of all the plagues4347 thereof.
9And I will cause them to eat398 the flesh1320 of their sons1121 and the flesh1320 of their daughters1323, and they shall eat398 every one376 the flesh1320 of his friend7453 in the siege4692 and straitness4689, wherewith their enemies341, and they that seek1245 their lives5315, shall straiten6693 them.
10Then shalt thou break7665 the bottle1228 in the sight5869 of the men582 that go1980 with thee,
11And shalt say559 unto them, Thus saith559 the LORD3068 of hosts6635; Even so3602 will I break7665 this people5971 and this city5892, as one breaketh7665 a potter's3335 vessel3627, that cannot3201 be made whole again7495: and they shall bury6912 them in Tophet8612, till there be no place4725 to bury6912.
12Thus will I do6213 unto this place4725, saith5002 the LORD3068, and to the inhabitants3427 thereof, and even make5414 this city5892 as Tophet8612:
13And the houses1004 of Jerusalem3389, and the houses1004 of the kings4428 of Judah3063, shall be defiled2931 as the place4725 of Tophet8612, because of all the houses1004 upon whose roofs1406 they have burned incense6999 unto all the host6635 of heaven8064, and have poured out5258 drink offerings5262 unto other312 gods430.
14Then came935 Jeremiah3414 from Tophet8612, whither the LORD3068 had sent7971 him to prophesy5012; and he stood5975 in the court2691 of the LORD'S3068 house1004; and said559 to all the people5971,
15Thus saith559 the LORD3068 of hosts6635, the God430 of Israel3478; Behold, I will bring935 upon this city5892 and upon all her towns5892 all the evil7451 that I have pronounced1696 against it, because they have hardened7185 their necks6203, that they might not hear8085 my words1697.