1 The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H7069", “Jeremiah|strong="H3068", go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" buy|strong="H7069" a|strong="H3068" clay|strong="H2789" jar|strong="H1228" from|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3068" potter|strong="H3335". Take|strong="H1980" some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1980" some|strong="H5971" priests|strong="H3548" with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H5971".
2 Go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Valley|strong="H1516" of|strong="H1121" Ben Hinnom|strong="H2011", near|strong="H8033" the|strong="H0853" front of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Potsherd|strong="H2777" Gate|strong="H8179". I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" a|strong="H7121" message|strong="H1697" I|strong="H0834" want you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" announce|strong="H7121" there|strong="H8033".
3 Say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0834", ‘King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H0935" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068"! This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful, the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" soon make|strong="H8085" a|strong="H8085" terrible|strong="H7451" thing|strong="H1697" happen|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725"! Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" hears|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1697" amazed and|strong="H0935" full|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" fear.
4 I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0430" do|strong="H2088" these|strong="H2088" things|strong="H1992" because|strong="H3282" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H0834" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" have|strong="H0834" stopped following|strong="H0312" me|strong="H3808". They|strong="H1992" have|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3045" this|strong="H2088" a|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" for|strong="H3045" foreign|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430". The|strong="H0853" people|strong="H0834" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" have|strong="H0834" burned|strong="H6999" sacrifices|strong="H6999" in|strong="H0430" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725" to|strong="H0430" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430". The|strong="H0853" people|strong="H0834" long ago did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" worship those|strong="H0834" gods|strong="H0430". Their|strong="H1992" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" worship them|strong="H1992". These|strong="H2088" are|strong="H0834" new gods|strong="H0430" from|strong="H0430" other|strong="H0312" countries. The|strong="H0853" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" filled|strong="H4390" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725" with|strong="H4390" the|strong="H0853" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H4428" innocent|strong="H5355" children.
5 The|strong="H0853" kings of|strong="H1121" Judah built|strong="H1129" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" god|strong="H3808" Baal|strong="H1168". They|strong="H0834" use those|strong="H0834" places|strong="H1116" to|strong="H1696" burn|strong="H8313" their|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" fire|strong="H0784". They|strong="H0834" burned|strong="H8313" their|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" as|strong="H0834" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H5930" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0853" god|strong="H3808" Baal|strong="H1168". I|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H1696" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H1696" do|strong="H6680" that|strong="H0834". I|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" ask them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H1696" offer|strong="H5927" their|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" as|strong="H0834" sacrifices. I|strong="H0834" never|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" thought|strong="H3820" of|strong="H1121" such|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1129" thing.
6 Now|strong="H2009" people|strong="H1121" call|strong="H7121" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725" Topheth|strong="H8612" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5002" Valley|strong="H1516" of|strong="H1121" Hinnom|strong="H2011". But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" give|strong="H0935" you|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" warning. This|strong="H2088" message|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5002" LORD|strong="H3068": The|strong="H5002" days|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" coming|strong="H0935", when|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725" the|strong="H5002" Valley|strong="H1516" of|strong="H1121" Slaughter|strong="H2028".
7 At|strong="H5307" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725", I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H0776" ruin the|strong="H0853" plans|strong="H6098" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5315" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". The|strong="H0853" enemy|strong="H0341" will|strong="H0776" chase them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3063" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H0776" let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5315" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063" be|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H2719" with|strong="H3027" swords|strong="H2719" in|strong="H0776" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H0776" make|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" dead|strong="H5038" bodies|strong="H5038" food|strong="H3978" for|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" birds|strong="H5775" and|strong="H3063" wild|strong="H0776" animals|strong="H0929".
8 I|strong="H7760" will|strong="H3605" completely|strong="H3605" destroy|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" city|strong="H5892". People will|strong="H3605" whistle|strong="H8319" and|strong="H0853" shake their|strong="H3605" heads when|strong="H5674" they|strong="H5921" pass|strong="H5674" by|strong="H5921" Jerusalem. They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3605" shocked|strong="H8074" when|strong="H5674" they|strong="H5921" see how the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H8047".
9 The|strong="H0853" enemy|strong="H0341" will|strong="H0834" bring|strong="H1323" its|strong="H0853" army around the|strong="H0853" city. That|strong="H0834" army will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H5315" let|strong="H5315" people|strong="H0376" go out|strong="H1245" to|strong="H0376" get food|strong="H0398", so|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" city will|strong="H0834" begin to|strong="H0376" starve. They|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" become so|strong="H0834" hungry that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0853" bodies|strong="H1320" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H0398" own|strong="H0376" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323", and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H0853" they|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" begin to|strong="H0376" eat|strong="H0398" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H7453".’
10 “Jeremiah, tell this|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H7665" people|strong="H0376", and|strong="H1980" while|strong="H5869" they|strong="H0376" are|strong="H0376" watching|strong="H5869", break|strong="H7665" the|strong="H7665" jar|strong="H1228".
11 Then|strong="H2088" say|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088": ‘The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful says|strong="H0559", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" break|strong="H7665" the|strong="H0853" nation|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem, just|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" someone breaks|strong="H7665" a|strong="H0834" clay jar|strong="H3627"! And|strong="H3068" like|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" broken|strong="H7665" jar|strong="H3627", the|strong="H0853" nation|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H5750" put together|strong="H5971" again|strong="H5750". It|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H5750" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H2088" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" nation|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Judah. The|strong="H0853" dead people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H5750" buried|strong="H6912" here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H0413" Topheth|strong="H8612" until there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750" room|strong="H4725".
12 I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H3068" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H3427" and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H5414" this|strong="H2088" city|strong="H5892" like|strong="H3651" Topheth|strong="H8612".’ This|strong="H2088" message|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068".
13 ‘The|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H0430" become|strong="H1961" as|strong="H0834" “dirty” as|strong="H0834" this|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725", Topheth|strong="H8612". The|strong="H3605" kings’|strong="H4428" palaces will|strong="H0430" be|strong="H1961" ruined like|strong="H1961" this|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725", Topheth|strong="H8612", because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0834" worshiped false gods|strong="H0430" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" roofs|strong="H1406" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004". They|strong="H0834" worshiped the|strong="H3605" stars and|strong="H3063" burned|strong="H6999" sacrifices|strong="H6999" to|strong="H1961" honor them|strong="H5921". They|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H1961" drink offerings to|strong="H1961" false gods|strong="H0430".’”
14 Then|strong="H0935" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" left|strong="H0935" Topheth|strong="H8612" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" told|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" speak|strong="H0559". Jeremiah|strong="H3414" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H0935" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Temple|strong="H1004". Jeremiah|strong="H3414" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971":
15 “This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful, the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" says|strong="H0559": ‘I|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0834" would|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H0935" many disasters|strong="H7451" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" villages around|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H3588" make|strong="H8085" this|strong="H2063" happen|strong="H1697" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" very stubborn|strong="H7185". They|strong="H0834" refuse to|strong="H0413" listen|strong="H8085" and|strong="H0935" obey|strong="H8085" me|strong="H0413".’”