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Jeremiah 19:11

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19:11Tell them the Lord who rules over all says,26 ‘I will do just as Jeremiah has done.27 I will smash this nation and this city as though it were a potter’s vessel which is broken beyond repair.28 The dead will be buried here in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.’29

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  1. 26 Heb “Thus says Yahweh of armies.” For this title see the study note on . The translation attempts to avoid the confusion of embedding quotes within quotes by reducing this one to an indirect quote.
  2. 27 The adverb “Thus” or “Like this” normally points back to something previously mentioned. See, e.g., Exod 29:35; Num 11:15; 15:11; Deut 25:9.
  3. 28 Heb “Like this I will break this people and this city, just as one breaks the vessel of a potter which is not able to be repaired.”
  4. 29 See Jer 7:22–23 for parallels.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

and shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: So will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, so that it can never be mended. Men shall bury in Topheth because there will be no place else to bury.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I will smash this nation and this city just as this potter’s jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and you are to proclaim to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: I will shatter these people and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be mended. They will bury the dead in Topheth because there is no other place for burials.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: As this jar lies shattered, so I will shatter the people of Judah and Jerusalem beyond all hope of repair. They will bury the bodies here in Topheth, the garbage dump, until there is no more room for them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts: “So I will break this people and this city as one breaks the vessel of the potter, so that it is not able to be repaired again. And in Topheth they will bury until there is no room to bury.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.