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I will make this city like Topheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />This is what I will do to this place and its people, says the LORD. I will cause this city to become defiled like Topheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus will I do to this place, declares the LORD, and to its inhabitants, making this city like Topheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and <i>even</i> make this city as Tophet:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Thus I will do to this place,” says the LORD, “and to its inhabitants, and make this city like Tophet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is how I will treat this place and its inhabitants,” declares the LORD, “so as to make this city like Topheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220This is how I will treat this place and its inhabitants,&#8221 declares the LORD, &#8220so as to make this city like Topheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“This is how I shall treat this place and its inhabitants,” declares the LORD, “so as to make this city like Topheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />This is what I will do to this place and its inhabitants,” declares Yahweh, “so as to make this city like Topheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />This I will do to this place,” says the LORD, “and to its inhabitants; and I will even make this city like Topheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />That is what I will do to this place—this is the declaration of the LORD—and to its residents, making this city like Topheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will do so to this place"—this is the declaration of the LORD—"and to its residents, making this city like Topheth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus will I do unto this place, saith Jehovah, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as Topheth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as Topheth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />That's what I will do to this place and to those who live in it, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I promise that I will make this city and its inhabitants like Topheth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />This is what I'll do to this place and its residents," declares the LORD, "making this city like Topheth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I, the LORD, say: 'That is how I will deal with this city and its citizens. I will make it like Topheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Thus will I do to this place," says the LORD, "and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus will I do to this place, saith the LORD, and to its inhabitants, and even make this city as Tophet:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />This is what I will do to this place,” says Yahweh, “and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />so I do to this place—a declaration of YHWH—and to its inhabitants, so as to make this city as Tophet;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> so I do to this place -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and to its inhabitants, so as to make this city as Tophet;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thus will I do to this place, says Jehovah, and to its inhabitants, and to give this city as Tophet:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thus will I do to this place, saith the Lord, and to the inhabitants thereof: and I will make this city as Topheth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />So will I do to this place and to its inhabitants, says the Lord. And I will make this city to be like Topheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus I will do to this place and to its inhabitants—oracle of the LORD; I will make this city like Topheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus will I do to this place, says the LORD, and to its inhabitants, making this city like Topheth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thus will I do to this place and to its inhabitants, says the LORD, and even make this city like Taphat;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />In this way I shall do to this region and to its inhabitants, says LORD JEHOVAH, and I shall make this city as Taphat<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as Topheth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thus will I do, saith the Lord, to this place, and to the inhabitants of it, that this city may be given up, as one that is falling to ruin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/19-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=5734" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/19.htm">The Broken Jar</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>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. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên- (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ’e·‘ĕ·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">I will do</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.">to this</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: lam·mā·qō·wm (Prep-l, Art:: 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.">place</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: ū·lə·yō·wō·šə·ḇāw (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">and to its residents,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</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/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·lā·ṯêṯ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I will make</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/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.">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/8612.htm" title="8612: kə·ṯō·p̄eṯ (Prep-k:: N-proper-fs) -- A place S. of Jer. The same as topheth; Topheth, a place near Jerusalem.">like Topheth.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34</a></span><br />I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-9.htm">Jeremiah 25:9</a></span><br />behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-16.htm">Jeremiah 18:16</a></span><br />They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19</a></span><br />And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-1.htm">Isaiah 24:1-3</a></span><br />Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants— / people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor. / The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-14.htm">Ezekiel 5:14-15</a></span><br />I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by. / So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/6-6.htm">Ezekiel 6:6</a></span><br />Wherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-12.htm">2 Kings 21:12-13</a></span><br />this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-15.htm">Lamentations 2:15</a></span><br />All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12</a></span><br />Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-13.htm">Zephaniah 1:13</a></span><br />Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-38.htm">Matthew 23:38</a></span><br />Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Luke 21:20-24</a></span><br />But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. / Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-2.htm">Matthew 24:2</a></span><br />“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-2.htm">Mark 13:2</a></span><br />“Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus will I do to this place, said the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:</p><p class="hdg">no reference </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/19-6.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-11.htm">City</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-6.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-3.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-6.htm">Live</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Making</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-8.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-11.htm">Tophet</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-11.htm">Topheth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-11.htm">Treat</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/21-10.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-15.htm">City</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-10.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-6.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-6.htm">Live</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-15.htm">Making</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-5.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-13.htm">Tophet</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-13.htm">Topheth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-22.htm">Treat</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Under the type of breaking a potter's vessel, is foreshown the desolation of the Jews</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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><b>This is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD.</b><br>This phrase indicates a divine pronouncement of judgment. The "place" refers to Jerusalem, a city central to Jewish identity and worship. The context is God's response to the idolatry and disobedience of the people. The phrase "declares the LORD" emphasizes the authority and certainty of the message. This echoes other prophetic declarations where God announces judgment due to covenant unfaithfulness, such as in <a href="/isaiah/1-24.htm">Isaiah 1:24-25</a> and <a href="/ezekiel/5-8.htm">Ezekiel 5:8-9</a>.<p><b>I will make this city like Topheth.</b><br>Topheth was a location in the Valley of Hinnom, south of Jerusalem, associated with child sacrifice to the god Molech (<a href="/2_kings/23-10.htm">2 Kings 23:10</a>). It became a symbol of judgment and destruction. By comparing Jerusalem to Topheth, God is warning of severe consequences, turning the city into a place of desolation and horror. This imagery is also a precursor to the concept of Gehenna, a term used in the New Testament to describe hell (<a href="/mark/9-43.htm">Mark 9:43-48</a>). The historical context of Topheth as a site of abomination underscores the gravity of Jerusalem's impending judgment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the people of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/topheth.htm">Topheth</a></b><br>A location in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near Jerusalem, associated with idolatrous practices, including child sacrifice. It symbolizes judgment and destruction.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is pronouncing judgment on Jerusalem for its idolatry and disobedience.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah, central to Jewish worship and identity, but at this time, steeped in idolatry and sin.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a></b><br>The inhabitants of Jerusalem and the surrounding region, who have turned away from God to worship idols.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a></b><br>Just as God judged Jerusalem for its idolatry, we must be vigilant against modern forms of idolatry in our lives, whether they be materialism, power, or other distractions from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Certainty of God's Judgment</a></b><br>God's pronouncement through Jeremiah reminds us that divine judgment is certain for those who persist in sin. This should motivate us to live righteously and seek God's forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The message of Jeremiah is not just one of judgment but also a call to repentance. We are encouraged to turn back to God and seek His mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>The people of Judah had the law and the prophets, yet they chose disobedience. We are called to be doers of the Word, not just hearers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a></b><br>While Jeremiah's message is stern, it is part of a larger account that includes hope and restoration for those who return to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'subject_to_authorities'_mean.htm">What horrors occur in the Valley of Slaughter?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_would_a_just_deity_allow_disasters.htm">Jeremiah 19:7 — How can a loving or just deity sanction such extreme disasters upon an entire city, including the innocent, as portrayed here?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_threaten_destruction,_not_mercy.htm">Why would God threaten complete destruction (Jeremiah 21:5-6) instead of offering a path to repentance, seeming to contradict earlier scriptures that highlight mercy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_proof_of_jeremiah_12_15's_restoration.htm">Jeremiah 12:15 promises restoration after judgment; is there concrete historical proof of this restoration taking place?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">And even make this city as Tophet.</span>--This is an allusive reference partly to the state of the valley of Hinnom as a heap of ruins and rubbish, partly to the meaning of the name Tophet, as a place spat upon and scorned. (See Note on <a href="/jeremiah/7-31.htm" title="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.">Jeremiah 7:31</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">As Tophet</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> an unclean spot, avoided by mankind. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/19-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">This is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֵּֽן־</span> <span class="translit">(kên-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will do</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶעֱשֶׂ֞ה</span> <span class="translit">(’e·‘ĕ·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">place</span><br /><span class="heb">לַמָּק֥וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(lam·mā·qō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and to its residents,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְיֽוֹשְׁבָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·yō·wō·šə·ḇāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">declares</span><br /><span class="heb">נְאֻם־</span> <span class="translit">(nə·’um-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> </span><span class="str2">An oracle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will make</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלָתֵ֛ת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lā·ṯêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֹּ֖את</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">city</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעִ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like Topheth.</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּתֹֽפֶת׃</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ṯō·p̄eṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8612.htm">Strong's 8612: </a> </span><span class="str2">Topheth -- a place South of Jerusalem</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/19-12.htm">Jeremiah 19:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/19-12.htm">Jeremiah 19:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/19-12.htm">Jeremiah 19:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/19-12.htm">Jeremiah 19:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/19-12.htm">Jeremiah 19:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/19-12.htm">Jeremiah 19:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/19-12.htm">Jeremiah 19:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/19-12.htm">Jeremiah 19:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/19-12.htm">Jeremiah 19:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/19-12.htm">Jeremiah 19:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/19-12.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 19:12 Thus will I do to this place (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/19-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 19:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 19:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/19-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 19:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 19:13" /></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>