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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Jeremiah 19 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/19.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/19-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Jeremiah 19</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/18.htm" title="Jeremiah 18">◄</a> Jeremiah 19 <a href="../jeremiah/20.htm" title="Jeremiah 20">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Jeremiah and the Clay Jar</h3><p class="par"><span class="v24_19_1"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.19.1" class="v24_19_1">1</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_19_1">Jeremiah, go to the pottery shop and buy a clay jar. Then take along some of the city officials and leading priests </span><span class="v24_19_2"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.19.2" class="v24_19_2">2</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.19.2!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and go to Hinnom Valley, just outside Potsherd<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.19.2!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> Gate. Tell the people that I have said:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v24_19_3"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.19.3" class="v24_19_3">3</span>I am the <span class="nd">Lord</span> All-Powerful, the God of Israel, and you kings of Judah and you people of Jerusalem had better pay attention. I am going to bring so much trouble on this valley that everyone who hears about it will be shocked. </span><span class="v24_19_4"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.19.4-Jer.19.5" class="v24_19_4">4-5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.19.4-Jer.19.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The people of Judah stopped worshiping me and made this valley into a place of worship for Baal and other gods that have never helped them or their ancestors or their kings. And they have committed murder here, burning their young, innocent children as sacrifices to Baal. I have never even thought of telling you to do that. </span><span class="v24_19_6"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.19.6" class="v24_19_6">6</span>So watch out! Someday this place will no longer be called Topheth or Hinnom Valley. It will be called Slaughter Valley!</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v24_19_7"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.19.7" class="v24_19_7">7</span>You people of Judah and Jerusalem may have big plans, but here in this valley I'll ruin<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.19.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> those plans. I'll let your enemies kill you, and I'll tell the birds and wild animals to eat your dead bodies. </span><span class="v24_19_8"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.19.8" class="v24_19_8">8</span>I will turn Jerusalem into a pile of rubble, and every passerby will be shocked and horrified and will make insulting remarks. </span><span class="v24_19_9"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.19.9" class="v24_19_9">9</span>And while your enemies are trying to break through your city walls to kill you, the food supply will run out. You will become so hungry that you will eat the flesh of your friends and even of your own children.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_19_10"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.19.10" class="v24_19_10">10</span>Jeremiah, as soon as you have said this, smash the jar while the people are watching. </span><span class="v24_19_11"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.19.11" class="v24_19_11">11</span>Then tell them that I have also said:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v24_19_11">I am the <span class="nd">Lord</span> 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.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v24_19_12"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.19.12-Jer.19.13" class="v24_19_12">12-13</span>I will make Jerusalem as unclean as Topheth, by filling the city with your dead bodies. I will do this because you and your kings have gone up to the roofs of your houses and burned incense to the stars in the sky, as though they were gods. And you have given sacrifices of wine to foreign gods.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Jeremiah Speaks in the Temple Courtyard</h3><p class="par"><span class="v24_19_14"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.19.14" class="v24_19_14">14</span>I went to Topheth, where I told the people what the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had said. Then I went to the temple courtyard and shouted to the people, </span><span class="v24_19_15"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.19.15" class="v24_19_15">15</span>“Listen, everyone! Some time ago, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> All-Powerful, the God of Israel, warned you that he would bring disaster on Jerusalem and all nearby villages. But you were stubborn and refused to listen. Now the <span class="nd">Lord</span> is going to bring the disaster he promised.”</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">19.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Potsherd: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A piece of broken pottery.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">19.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">ruin: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">In Hebrew “ruin” sounds like “jar” (see verse 1).</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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