Jeremiah 19:10 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 19:10

8 I will make this city ^adesolate and a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.

9 And I will cause them to eat the ^aflesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and everyone shall eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and in the desperation with which their enemies and those who seek their lives shall drive them to despair.” ’

10 ^a“Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you,

11 and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^a“Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot be¹ made whole again; and they shall ^bbury them in Tophet till there is no place to bury.

12 Thus I will do to this place,” says the Lord, “and to its inhabitants, and make this city like Tophet.

13 And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be defiled ^alike the place of Tophet, because of all the houses on whose ^broofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and ^cpoured out drink offerings to other gods.” ’ ”

14 Then Jeremiah came from Tophet, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in ^athe court of the Lord’s house and said to all the people,

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 19:10

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American Standard Version
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

Amplified® Bible
Then you shall break the bottle in the sight of the men who accompany you,

Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah, as soon as you have said this, smash the jar while the people are watching.

Darby English Version
And thou shalt break the flagon in the sight of the men that go with thee,

Good News Bible
Then the LORD told me to break the jar in front of those who had gone with me

King James Version
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

New American Standard Bible
"Then you are to break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you

New International Version
"Then break the jar while those who go with you are watching,

New King James Version
"Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Then you will break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you

Revised Standard Version
"Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you,

Young's Literal Translation
`And thou hast broken the bottle before the eyes of the men who are going with thee,

New English Translation
The Lord continued,¹ “Now break the jar in front of those who have come here with you.

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