1
Thus
saith
the
LORD,
Go
and
get
a
potter’s
earthen
bottle,
and
[take]
of
the
ancients
of
the
people,
and
of
the
ancients
of
the
priests;
2
And
go
forth
unto
the
valley
of
the
son
of
Hinnom,
which
[is]
by
the
entry
of
the
east
gate,
and
proclaim
there
the
words
that
I
shall
tell
thee,
3
And
say,
Hear
ye
the
word
of
the
LORD,
O
kings
of
Judah,
and
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem;
Thus
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel;
Behold,
I
will
bring
evil
upon
this
place,
the
which
whosoever
heareth,
his
ears
shall
tingle.
4
Because
they
have
forsaken
me,
and
have
estranged
this
place,
and
have
burned
incense
in
it
unto
other
gods,
whom
neither
they
nor
their
fathers
have
known,
nor
the
kings
of
Judah,
and
have
filled
this
place
with
the
blood
of
innocents;
5
They
have
built
also
the
high
places
of
Baal,
to
burn
their
sons
with
fire
[for]
burnt
offerings
unto
Baal,
which
I
commanded
not,
nor
spake
[it],
neither
came
[it]
into
my
mind:
6
Therefore,
behold,
the
days
come,
saith
the
LORD,
that
this
place
shall
no
more
be
called
Tophet,
nor
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;
and
I
will
cause
them
to
fall
by
the
sword
before
their
enemies,
and
by
the
hands
of
them
that
seek
their
lives:
and
their
carcases
will
I
give
to
be
meat
for
the
fowls
of
the
heaven,
and
for
the
beasts
of
the
earth.
8
And
I
will
make
this
city
desolate,
and
an
hissing;
every
one
that
passeth
thereby
shall
be
astonished
and
hiss
because
of
all
the
plagues
thereof.
9
And
I
will
cause
them
to
eat
the
flesh
of
their
sons
and
the
flesh
of
their
daughters,
and
they
shall
eat
every
one
the
flesh
of
his
friend
in
the
siege
and
straitness,
wherewith
their
enemies,
and
they
that
seek
their
lives,
shall
straiten
them.
10
Then
shalt
thou
break
the
bottle
in
the
sight
of
the
men
that
go
with
thee,
11
And
shalt
say
unto
them,
Thus
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts;
Even
so
will
I
break
this
people
and
this
city,
as
[one]
breaketh
a
potter’s
vessel,
that
cannot
be
made
whole
again:
and
they
shall
bury
[them]
in
Tophet,
till
[there
be]
no
place
to
bury.
12
Thus
will
I
do
unto
this
place,
saith
the
LORD,
and
to
the
inhabitants
thereof,
and
[even]
make
this
city
as
Tophet:
13
And
the
houses
of
Jerusalem,
and
the
houses
of
the
kings
of
Judah,
shall
be
defiled
as
the
place
of
Tophet,
because
of
all
the
houses
upon
whose
roofs
they
have
burned
incense
unto
all
the
host
of
heaven,
and
have
poured
out
drink
offerings
unto
other
gods.
14
Then
came
Jeremiah
from
Tophet,
whither
the
LORD
had
sent
him
to
prophesy;
and
he
stood
in
the
court
of
the
LORD’S
house;
and
said
to
all
the
people,
15
Thus
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel;
Behold,
I
will
bring
upon
this
city
and
upon
all
her
towns
all
the
evil
that
I
have
pronounced
against
it,
because
they
have
hardened
their
necks,
that
they
might
not
hear
my
words.