1Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, Go{H1980}{(H8800)} and get{H7069}{(H8804)} a potter's{H3335}{(H8802)} earthen{H2789} bottle{H1228}, and take of the ancients{H2205} of the people{H5971}, and of the ancients{H2205} of the priests{H3548};
2And go forth{H3318}{(H8804)} unto the valley{H1516} of the son{H1121} of Hinnom{H2011}, which is by the entry{H6607} of the east{H2777} gate{H8179}, and proclaim{H7121}{(H8804)} there the words{H1697} that I shall tell{H1696}{(H8762)} thee,
3And say{H559}{(H8804)}, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} ye the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, O kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, and inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389}; Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; Behold, I will bring{H935}{(H8688)} evil{H7451} upon this place{H4725}, the which whosoever heareth{H8085}{(H8802)}, his ears{H241} shall tingle{H6750}{(H8799)}.
4Because they have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} me, and have estranged{H5234}{(H8762)} this place{H4725}, and have burned incense{H6999}{(H8762)} in it unto other{H312} gods{H430}, whom neither they nor their fathers{H1} have known{H3045}{(H8804)}, nor the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, and have filled{H4390}{(H8804)} this place{H4725} with the blood{H1818} of innocents{H5355};
5They have built{H1129}{(H8804)} also the high places{H1116} of Baal{H1168}, to burn{H8313}{(H8800)} their sons{H1121} with fire{H784} for burnt offerings{H5930} unto Baal{H1168}, which I commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} not, nor spake{H1696}{(H8765)} it, neither came{H5927}{(H8804)} it into my mind{H3820}:
6Therefore, behold, the days{H3117} come{H935}{(H8802)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, that this place{H4725} shall no more be called{H7121}{(H8735)} Tophet{H8612}, nor The valley{H1516} of the son{H1121} of Hinnom{H2011}, but The valley{H1516} of slaughter{H2028}.
7And I will make void{H1238}{(H8804)} the counsel{H6098} of Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389} in this place{H4725}; and I will cause them to fall{H5307}{(H8689)} by the sword{H2719} before{H6440} their enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, and by the hands{H3027} of them that seek{H1245}{(H8764)} their lives{H5315}: and their carcases{H5038} will I give{H5414}{(H8804)} to be meat{H3978} for the fowls{H5775} of the heaven{H8064}, and for the beasts{H929} of the earth{H776}.
8And I will make{H7760}{(H8804)} this city{H5892} desolate{H8047}, and an hissing{H8322}; every one that passeth{H5674}{(H8802)} thereby shall be astonished{H8074}{(H8799)} and hiss{H8319}{(H8799)} because of all the plagues{H4347} thereof.
9And I will cause them to eat{H398}{(H8689)} the flesh{H1320} of their sons{H1121} and the flesh{H1320} of their daughters{H1323}, and they shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} every one{H376} the flesh{H1320} of his friend{H7453} in the siege{H4692} and straitness{H4689}, wherewith their enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, and they that seek{H1245}{(H8764)} their lives{H5315}, shall straiten{H6693}{(H8686)} them.
10Then shalt thou break{H7665}{(H8804)} the bottle{H1228} in the sight{H5869} of the men{H582} that go{H1980}{(H8802)} with thee,
11And shalt say{H559}{(H8804)} unto them, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}; Even so{H3602} will I break{H7665}{(H8799)} this people{H5971} and this city{H5892}, as one breaketh{H7665}{(H8799)} a potter's{H3335}{(H8802)} vessel{H3627}, that cannot{H3201}{(H8799)} be made whole again{H7495}{(H8736)}: and they shall bury{H6912}{(H8799)} them in Tophet{H8612}, till there be no place{H4725} to bury{H6912}{(H8800)}.
12Thus will I do{H6213}{(H8799)} unto this place{H4725}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, and to the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof, and even make{H5414}{(H8800)} this city{H5892} as Tophet{H8612}:
13And the houses{H1004} of Jerusalem{H3389}, and the houses{H1004} of the kings{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, shall be defiled{H2931} as the place{H4725} of Tophet{H8612}, because of all the houses{H1004} upon whose roofs{H1406} they have burned incense{H6999}{(H8765)} unto all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064}, and have poured out{H5258}{(H8687)} drink offerings{H5262} unto other{H312} gods{H430}.
14Then came{H935}{(H8799)} Jeremiah{H3414} from Tophet{H8612}, whither the LORD{H3068} had sent{H7971}{(H8804)} him to prophesy{H5012}{(H8736)}; and he stood{H5975}{(H8799)} in the court{H2691} of the LORD'S{H3068} house{H1004}; and said{H559}{(H8799)} to all the people{H5971},
15Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; Behold, I will bring{H935}{(H8688)} upon this city{H5892} and upon all her towns{H5892} all the evil{H7451} that I have pronounced{H1696}{(H8765)} against it, because they have hardened{H7185}{(H8689)} their necks{H6203}, that they might not hear{H8085}{(H8800)} my words{H1697}.