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They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/19.htm">New Living Translation</a> 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. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/19.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/19.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/19.htm">New King James Version</a> and say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: “Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury them in Tophet till there is no place to bury. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> and say to them, ‘This is what the LORD of armies says: “To the same extent I will break this people and this city, just as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot again be repaired; and they will bury their dead in Topheth, because there is no other place for burial. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/19.htm">NASB 1995</a> and say to them, &#8216Thus says the LORD of hosts, &#8220Just so will I break this people and this city, even as one breaks a potter&#8217s vessel, which cannot again be repaired; and they will bury in Topheth because there is no other place for burial. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “Just so shall I break this people and this city, even as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot again be repaired; and they will bury in Topheth because there is no other place for burial. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Just so will I break this people and this city, even as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot again be repaired; and they will bury in Topheth because there is no other place for burial. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a> and say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, “This is the way I will break this people and this city as one breaks a potter’s vessel, so that it cannot be mended. They will bury [corpses] in Topheth until there is no more room left [in that place] to bury [the dead]. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> and you are to proclaim to them: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter these people and this city, like one shatters a potter&#8217s jar that can never again be mended. They will bury the dead in Topheth because there is no other place for burials. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/19.htm">American Standard Version</a> and shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah 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 in Topheth, till there be no place to bury. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Then tell them that I have also said: I am the LORD All-Powerful, and I warn you that I will shatter Judah and Jerusalem just like this jar that is broken beyond repair. You will bury your dead here in Topheth, but so many of you will die that there won't be enough room. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/19.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 in Topheth, till there be no place to bury. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Say to them, 'This is what the LORD of Armies says: I will smash these people and this city as this potter's jar was smashed beyond repair. They will bury [the dead] in Topheth until there's no other place to bury them. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/19.htm">Good News Translation</a> and to tell them that the LORD Almighty had said, "I will break this people and this city, and it will be like this broken clay jar that cannot be put together again. People will bury their dead even in Topheth because there will be nowhere else to bury them. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/19.htm">International Standard Version</a> and say to them, 'This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "In this same way I'll break this people and this city, just as someone breaks a potter's vessel which he then cannot put back together again. They'll bury corpses in Topheth until there is no more room to bury anyone. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter?s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them. <a href="/net/jeremiah/19.htm">NET Bible</a> Tell them the LORD who rules over all says, 'I will do just as Jeremiah has done. I will smash this nation and this city as though it were a potter's vessel which is broken beyond repair. The dead will be buried here in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.' <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and shall tell them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that can't be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, until there is no place to bury. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And shalt say to 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. <a href="/web/jeremiah/19.htm">World English Bible</a> and shall tell them, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “Even so I will break this people and this city as one breaks a potter’s vessel, that can’t be made whole again. They will bury in Topheth until there is no place to bury. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and have said to them, Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Thus I break this people and this city, as one breaks the potter’s vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury—without place to bury; <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Thus do I break this people and this city, as one breaketh the potter's vessel, that is not able to be repaired again, and in Tophet they bury -- without place to bury; <a href="/slt/jeremiah/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And say to them, Thus said Jehovah of armies: According to this will I break this people and this city, as he will break the potter's vessel which shall not be able to be healed any more: and in Tophet shall they bury, from not a place to bury.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: even so will I break this people, and this city, as the potter's vessel is broken, which cannot be made whole again: and they shall be buried in Topheth, because there is no other place to bury in. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts: In the same way, I will crush this people and this city, just as the potter’s vessel was crushed and cannot be made whole again. And they will be buried at Topheth, because there will be no other place for burial. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/19.htm">New American Bible</a> and say to them: Thus says the LORD of hosts: Thus will I smash this people and this city, as one smashes a clay pot so that it cannot be repaired. And Topheth shall be its burial place, for there will be no other place for burial. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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. In Topheth they shall bury until there is no more room to bury.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as this potter's vessel is broken, so that it cannot be mended again; and they shall bury the dead in Taphat because of the lack of burial space. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And say to them: “Thus says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, ‘In this way I shall break this people and this city, as this potter’s vessel is broken that cannot be mended again, and in Taphat they shall bury them for lack of a place to bury<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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 in Topheth, for want of room to bury. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, Thus will I break in pieces this people, and this city, even as an earthen vessel is broken in pieces which cannot be mended again. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/19-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=5713" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/19.htm">The Broken Jar</a> …10Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you, 11<a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wə·’ā·mar·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and you are to proclaim</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- To, into, towards. ">to them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh- (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">that this is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts</a> <a href="/hebrew/3602.htm" title="3602: kā·ḵāh (Adv) -- Thus. From koh; just so, referring to the previous or following context."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/7665.htm" title="7665: ’eš·bōr (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To break, break in pieces. A primitive root; to burst.">I will shatter</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">nation</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">and this</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">city,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">like</a> <a href="/hebrew/7665.htm" title="7665: yiš·bōr (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To break, break in pieces. A primitive root; to burst.">one shatters</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3335.htm" title="3335: hay·yō·w·ṣêr (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- Probably identical with yatsar;); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. Form a resolution).">a potter’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/3627.htm" title="3627: kə·lî (N-msc) -- An article, utensil, vessel. From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus.">jar</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3201.htm" title="3201: yū·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be able, have power. Or yakowl; a primitive root; to be able, literally or morally.">can</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">never</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">again</a> <a href="/hebrew/7495.htm" title="7495: lə·hê·rā·p̄êh (Prep-l:: V-Nifal-Inf) -- To heal. Or raphah; a primitive root; properly, to mend, i.e. to cure.">be repaired.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6912.htm" title="6912: yiq·bə·rū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To bury. A primitive root; to intern.">They will bury the dead</a> <a href="/hebrew/8612.htm" title="8612: ū·ḇə·ṯō·p̄eṯ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A place S. of Jer. The same as topheth; Topheth, a place near Jerusalem.">in Topheth</a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: mê·’ên (Prep-m:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">until there is no more</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: mā·qō·wm (N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">room</a> <a href="/hebrew/6912.htm" title="6912: liq·bō·wr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To bury. A primitive root; to intern.">to bury them.</a> 12This is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/30-14.htm">Isaiah 30:14</a> It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.” <a href="/psalms/2-9.htm">Psalm 2:9</a> You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.” <a href="/revelation/2-27.htm">Revelation 2:27</a> He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father. <a href="/isaiah/45-9.htm">Isaiah 45:9</a> Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’? <a href="/lamentations/4-2.htm">Lamentations 4:2</a> How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands! <a href="/hosea/8-8.htm">Hosea 8:8</a> Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel. <a href="/2_kings/21-13.htm">2 Kings 21:13</a> I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down. <a href="/matthew/21-44.htm">Matthew 21:44</a> He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.” <a href="/romans/9-21.htm">Romans 9:21-22</a> Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use? / What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction? <a href="/isaiah/29-16.htm">Isaiah 29:16</a> You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”? <a href="/isaiah/41-25.htm">Isaiah 41:25</a> I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay. <a href="/ezekiel/5-1.htm">Ezekiel 5:1-4</a> “As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair. / When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them. / But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment. ... <a href="/2_corinthians/4-7.htm">2 Corinthians 4:7</a> Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us. <a href="/isaiah/64-8.htm">Isaiah 64:8</a> But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. <a href="/daniel/2-34.htm">Daniel 2:34-35</a> As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them. / Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And shall say to them, Thus said the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.Even.<a href="/jeremiah/13-14.htm">Jeremiah 13:14</a> And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.<a href="/psalms/2-9.htm">Psalm 2:9</a> Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.<a href="/isaiah/30-14.htm">Isaiah 30:14</a> And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.made whole.<a href="/jeremiah/19-6.htm">Jeremiah 19:6</a> 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.<a href="/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31,32</a> And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/19-3.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-10.htm">Break</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-5.htm">Breaketh</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Breaks</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-16.htm">Bury</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-8.htm">City</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-3.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-10.htm">Potter's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm">Room</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-6.htm">Tophet</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-6.htm">Topheth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Vessel</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-16.htm">Want</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-10.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/19-15.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Break</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-29.htm">Breaketh</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-29.htm">Breaks</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-29.htm">Bury</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-12.htm">City</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-15.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-2.htm">Potter's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-20.htm">Room</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-12.htm">Tophet</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-12.htm">Topheth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-28.htm">Vessel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-17.htm">Want</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-7.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 19</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Under the type of breaking a potter's vessel, is foreshown the desolation of the Jews</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/19.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/19.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: This phrase emphasizes the authority and divine origin of the message. "LORD of Hosts" refers to God's sovereignty over the heavenly armies, underscoring His power and ability to execute judgment. The role of the prophet is to deliver God's message, highlighting the importance of obedience and the seriousness of the proclamation.I will shatter this nation and this city, The imagery of shattering indicates total destruction. The nation refers to Judah, and the city is Jerusalem. This prophecy is a warning of the impending Babylonian invasion. The shattering signifies the end of the current state of affairs, a common theme in prophetic literature where God judges His people for their disobedience.like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. The potter's jar symbolizes the people of Judah, and its shattering represents irreversible judgment. In ancient times, a broken jar was useless, illustrating the complete and final nature of God's judgment. This imagery connects to the broader biblical theme of God as the potter and humanity as the clay, emphasizing God's sovereignty and the consequences of rebellion.They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them. Topheth was a site in the Valley of Hinnom, associated with child sacrifice and later with judgment and destruction. The mention of burial until there is no more room indicates the scale of the coming devastation. This prophecy foreshadows the siege of Jerusalem, where the dead would be numerous due to famine, pestilence, and warfare. The Valley of Hinnom later becomes a symbol of hell (Gehenna) in the New Testament, linking the physical judgment with spiritual consequences.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the people of Judah. He is known for his lamentations and his role as a "weeping prophet." 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The LORD of Hosts</a> A title for God emphasizing His sovereignty and command over the armies of heaven and earth. It underscores His power and authority in executing judgment. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a> The recipients of Jeremiah's prophecy, representing the southern kingdom of Israel, who had turned away from God and were facing impending judgment. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_city_of_jerusalem.htm">The City of Jerusalem</a> The capital of Judah, central to Jewish worship and identity, yet it had become a place of idolatry and disobedience. 5. <a href="/topical/t/topheth.htm">Topheth</a> A location in the Valley of Hinnom, associated with child sacrifice and idolatry, symbolizing the depth of Judah's apostasy and the site of their impending judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty and Judgment</a> God is sovereign over all nations and peoples, and His judgments are just and final. The imagery of the shattered potter's jar illustrates the irreversible nature of His decrees when His people persist in sin. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a> Idolatry leads to spiritual and physical ruin. The people of Judah faced destruction because they turned away from God to worship false idols, reminding us to guard our hearts against modern-day idols. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> While God's judgment is severe, His desire is for repentance. Jeremiah's prophecies serve as a warning and a call to return to God before it's too late. <a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_divine_discipline.htm">The Reality of Divine Discipline</a> God's discipline is a reality for His people. Just as a loving parent disciplines a child, God disciplines us to bring us back to righteousness and restore our relationship with Him. <a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a> Even in judgment, there is hope. God's ultimate plan includes restoration and redemption for those who turn back to Him, as seen in the broader account of Scripture.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 11. - As one breaketh a potter's vessel (comp. <a href="/isaiah/30-14.htm">Isaiah 30:14</a>). Dr. Them-son speaks of the utter indifference with which the common pottery of Palestine is handled. It is not only brittle, but so cheap that no one is distressed at breaking it. And they shall bury them in Tophet, etc. These words form the conclusion of <a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm">Jeremiah 7:32</a> (see note), the greater part of which is repeated in ver. 6. They are certainly out of place here, and are wanting in the Septuagint. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/19-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>and you are to proclaim וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ (wə·’ā·mar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to them אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to that this is what כֹּה־ (kōh-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts צְבָא֗וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign says: אָמַ֣ר ׀ (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say I will shatter אֶשְׁבֹּ֞ר (’eš·bōr) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7665.htm">Strong's 7665: </a> To break, break in pieces this הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that nation הָעָ֤ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and this הַזֹּ֔את (haz·zōṯ) Article | Pronoun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, city, הָעִ֣יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement like כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that one shatters יִשְׁבֹּר֙ (yiš·bōr) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7665.htm">Strong's 7665: </a> To break, break in pieces a potter’s הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר (hay·yō·w·ṣêr) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3335.htm">Strong's 3335: </a> To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine jar כְּלִ֣י (kə·lî) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3627.htm">Strong's 3627: </a> Something prepared, any apparatus that אֲשֶׁ֛ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that can יוּכַ֥ל (yū·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3201.htm">Strong's 3201: </a> To be able, have power never לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no again ע֑וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more be repaired. לְהֵרָפֵ֖ה (lə·hê·rā·p̄êh) Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7495.htm">Strong's 7495: </a> To mend, to cure They will bury יִקְבְּר֔וּ (yiq·bə·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6912.htm">Strong's 6912: </a> To inter the dead in Topheth וּבְתֹ֣פֶת (ū·ḇə·ṯō·p̄eṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8612.htm">Strong's 8612: </a> Topheth -- a place South of Jerusalem since there is nowhere מֵאֵ֥ין (mê·’ên) Preposition-m | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> A non-entity, a negative particle else מָק֖וֹם (mā·qō·wm) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> A standing, a spot, a condition to bury [them]. לִקְבּֽוֹר׃ (liq·bō·wr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6912.htm">Strong's 6912: </a> To inter <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/19-11.htm">Jeremiah 19:11 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/19-11.htm">Jeremiah 19:11 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/19-11.htm">Jeremiah 19:11 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/19-11.htm">Jeremiah 19:11 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/19-11.htm">Jeremiah 19:11 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/19-11.htm">Jeremiah 19:11 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/19-11.htm">Jeremiah 19:11 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/19-11.htm">Jeremiah 19:11 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/19-11.htm">Jeremiah 19:11 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/19-11.htm">Jeremiah 19:11 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-11.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 19:11 And shall tell them Thus says Yahweh (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/19-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 19:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 19:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/19-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 19:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 19:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>