Jeremiah 19:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 19:2

The Sign of the Broken Flask

1 Thus says the Lord: “Go and get a potter’s earthen flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests.

2 And go out to ^athe Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the Potsherd Gate; and proclaim there the words that I will tell you,

3 ^aand say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will bring such a catastrophe on this place, that whoever hears of it, his ears will ^btingle.

4 “Because they ^ahave forsaken Me and made this an alien place, because they have burned incense in it to other gods whom neither they, their fathers, nor the kings of Judah have known, and have filled this place with ^bthe blood of the innocents

5 ^a(they have also built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, ^bwhich I did not command or speak, nor did it come into My mind),

6 therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that this place shall no more be called Tophet or ^athe Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 19:2

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American Standard Version
and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee;

Amplified® Bible
And go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom [son of Hinnom], which is by the entrance of the Potsherd Gate; and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you,

Contemporary English Version
and go to Hinnom Valley, just outside Potsherd Gate. Tell the people that I have said:

Darby English Version
and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the pottery-gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,

Good News Bible
and to go through Potsherd Gate out to Hinnom Valley. There I was to proclaim the message that he would give me.

King James Version
And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,

New American Standard Bible
"Then go out to the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is by the entrance of the potsherd gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you,

New International Version
and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. There proclaim the words I tell you,

New King James Version
And go out to the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the Potsherd Gate; and proclaim there the words that I will tell you,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Then go out to the valley of Ben-hinnom, which lies by the entrance of the potsherd gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you,

Revised Standard Version
and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom at the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you.

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast gone forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, that `is' at the opening of the gate of the pottery, and hast proclaimed there the words that I speak unto thee,

New English Translation
Go out to the part of the Hinnom Valley which is near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate.¹ Announce there what I tell you.²

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