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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Go[H1980] and get[H7069] a potter's earthen[H2789]bottle[H1228], and take of the ancients[H2205] of the people[H5971], and of the ancients[H2205] of the priests[H3548];
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And go forth[H3318] 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] there the words[H1697] that I shall tell[H1696] thee,
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And say[H559], Hear[H8085] ye the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], O kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389]; Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Behold, I will bring[H935]evil[H7451] upon this place[H4725], the which whosoever heareth[H8085], his ears[H241] shall tingle[H6750].
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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], whom neither they nor their fathers[H1] have known[H3045], nor the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and have filled[H4390] this place[H4725] with the blood[H1818] of innocents[H5355];
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They have built[H1129] also the high places[H1116] of Baal[H1168], to burn[H8313] their sons[H1121] with 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]:
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Therefore, behold, the days[H3117]come[H935], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], that this place[H4725] shall no more be called[H7121]Tophet[H8612], nor The valley[H1516] of the son[H1121] of Hinnom[H2011], but The valley[H1516] of slaughter[H2028].
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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 hands[H3027] of them that seek[H1245] their lives[H5315]: and their carcases[H5038] will I give[H5414] to be meat[H3978] for the fowls[H5775] of the heaven[H8064], and for the beasts[H929] of the earth[H776].
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And I will make[H7760] this city[H5892]desolate[H8047], and an hissing[H8322]; every one that passeth[H5674] thereby shall be astonished[H8074] and hiss[H8319] because of all the plagues[H4347] thereof.
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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 straitness[H4689], wherewith their enemies[H341], and they that seek[H1245] their lives[H5315], shall straiten[H6693] them.
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Then shalt thou break[H7665] the bottle[H1228] in the sight[H5869] of the men[H582] that go[H1980] with thee,
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And shalt say[H559] unto them, Thus saith[H559] the LORD[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 vessel[H3627], that cannot[H3201] be made whole again[H7495]: and they shall bury[H6912] them in Tophet[H8612], till there be no place[H4725] to bury[H6912].
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Thus will I do[H6213] unto this place[H4725], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], and to the inhabitants[H3427] thereof, and even make[H5414] this city[H5892] as Tophet[H8612]:
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And 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] unto all the host[H6635] of heaven[H8064], and have poured out[H5258] drink offerings[H5262] unto other[H312]gods[H430].
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Then came[H935]Jeremiah[H3414] from Tophet[H8612], whither the LORD[H3068] had sent[H7971] him to prophesy[H5012]; and he stood[H5975] in the court[H2691] of the LORD[H3068]'S house[H1004]; and said[H559] to all the people[H5971],
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Behold, I will bring[H935] upon this city[H5892] and upon all her towns[H5892] all the evil[H7451] that I have pronounced[H1696] against it, because they have hardened[H7185] their necks[H6203], that they might not hear[H8085] my words[H1697].