Jeremiah 19:2-14

Jeremiah 19:2-14

[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  [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  [11] And shalt say  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,