Thus said{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Go,{H1980} and buy{H7069} a potter's{H3335} earthen{H2789} bottle,{H1228} and [take] of the elders{H2205} of the people,{H5971} and of the elders{H2205} of the priests;{H3548}

and go forth{H3318} unto the valley{H1516} of the son{H1121} of Hinnom,{H2011} which is by the entry{H6607} of the gate{H8179} Harsith,{H2777} and proclaim{H7121} there the words{H1697} that I shall tell{H1696} thee;

and say,{H559} Hear{H8085} ye the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} O kings{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} and inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem:{H3389} thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} Behold, I will bring{H935} evil{H7451} upon this place,{H4725} which whosoever heareth,{H8085} his ears{H241} shall tingle.{H6750}

Because they have forsaken{H5800} me, and have estranged{H5234} this place,{H4725} and have burned incense{H6999} in it unto other{H312} gods,{H430} that they knew{H3045} not, they and their fathers{H1} and the kings{H4428} of Judah;{H3063} and have filled{H4390} this place{H4725} with the blood{H1818} of innocents,{H5355}

and have built{H1129} the high places{H1116} of Baal,{H1168} to burn{H8313} their sons{H1121} in the fire{H784} for burnt-offerings{H5930} unto Baal;{H1168} which I commanded{H6680} not, nor spake{H1696} it, neither came{H5927} it into my mind:{H3820}

therefore, behold, the days{H3117} come,{H935} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} that this place{H4725} shall no more be called{H7121} Topheth,{H8612} nor The valley{H1516} of the son{H1121} of Hinnom,{H2011} but The valley{H1516} of Slaughter.{H2028}

And I will make void{H1238} the counsel{H6098} of Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389} in this place;{H4725} and I will cause them to fall{H5307} by the sword{H2719} before{H6440} their enemies,{H341} and by the hand{H3027} of them that seek{H1245} their life:{H5315} and their dead bodies{H5038} will I give{H5414} to be food{H3978} for the birds{H5775} of the heavens,{H8064} and for the beasts{H929} of the earth.{H776}

And I will make{H7760} this city{H5892} an astonishment,{H8047} and a hissing;{H8322} every one that passeth{H5674} thereby shall be astonished{H8074} and hiss{H8319} because of all the plagues{H4347} thereof.

And I will cause them to eat{H398} the flesh{H1320} of their sons{H1121} and the flesh{H1320} of their daughters;{H1323} and they shall eat{H398} every one{H376} the flesh{H1320} of his friend,{H7453} in the siege{H4692} and in the distress,{H4689} wherewith their enemies,{H341} and they that seek{H1245} their life,{H5315} shall distress{H6693} them.

Then shalt thou break{H7665} the bottle{H1228} in the sight{H5869} of the men{H582} that go{H1980} with thee,

and shalt say{H559} unto them, Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts:{H6635} Even so{H3602} will I break{H7665} this people{H5971} and this city,{H5892} as one breaketh{H7665} a potter's{H3335} vessel,{H3627} that cannot{H3201} be made whole again;{H7495} and they shall bury{H6912} in Topheth,{H8612} till there be no place{H4725} to bury.{H6912}

Thus will I do{H6213} unto this place,{H4725} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} and to the inhabitants{H3427} thereof, even making{H5414} this city{H5892} as Topheth:{H8612}

and the houses{H1004} of Jerusalem,{H3389} and the houses{H1004} of the kings{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} which are defiled,{H2931} shall be as the place{H4725} of Topheth,{H8612} even all the houses{H1004} upon whose roofs{H1406} they have burned incense{H6999} unto all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} and have poured out{H5258} drink-offerings{H5262} unto other{H312} gods.{H430}

Then came{H935} Jeremiah{H3414} from Topheth,{H8612} whither Jehovah{H3068} had sent{H7971} him to prophesy;{H5012} and he stood{H5975} in the court{H2691} of Jehovah's{H3068} house,{H1004} and said{H559} to all the people:{H5971}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} Behold, I will bring{H935} upon this city{H5892} and upon all its towns{H5892} all the evil{H7451} that I have pronounced{H1696} against it; because they have made their neck{H6203} stiff,{H7185} that they may not hear{H8085} my words.{H1697}