This is what I will do to this place,” says Yahweh, “and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth.
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This is what I will do to this place,” says Yahweh, “and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth.
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Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:
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Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as Topheth;
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to Jeremiah 19:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 10:13 When he utters his voice, the waters in the heavens roar, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings the wind out of his treasuries.
- Jeremiah 11:5 that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey,’ as it is today.” Then I answered, and said, “Amen, Yahweh.”
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain As he had said before that the valley would…
As he had said before that the valley would be the place of slaughter, that thence it might take its name, so now he declares the same as to the city; “As then Tophet shall be the valley of slaughter, so shall Jerusalem be.” They were no doubt kindled into rage (as we shall see in the next chapter) on hearing this prophecy; but yet God purposed, however irreclaimable and refractory they were, to let them know what was approaching, and though they did not believe the words of the Prophet, God touched and even deeply wounded their consciences, so that before the event came they were miserable. For the same purpose he adds —
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jer 19:12 Thus will I do unto this place,…
Jer 19:12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and [even] make this city as Tophet:
Ver. 12. And even make their city as Tophet.] Every whit as abominable and horrid; a very hell above ground.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain That is, a place of slaughter and burials, or…
That is, a place of slaughter and burials, or a base, ignominious place, or where the noise of drums, and trumpets, and cryings, and yellings shall be heard, as used to be in Tophet
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the houses of Jerusalem,.... Where the common people…
And the houses of Jerusalem,.... Where the common people dwelt:
and the houses of the kings of Judah; the palaces of the king, princes, and nobles of Judah, one as well as another:
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shall be defiled os Tophet; as that was defiled with the bodies and bones of the slain, and with the faith of the city brought unto it; so the houses of great and small, high and low, should be defiled with the carcasses of the slain that should lie unburied there; their houses should be their graves, and they buried in the ruins of them: or, "the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled" (s), with the idolatries after mentioned, shall be as Tophet, places of slaughter:
because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burnt incense to all the host of heaven; the roofs of houses with the Jews were built flat; and, as they sometimes used them for prayer to the God of heaven, as Peter did, Act 10:9; idolaters used them to burn incense on to the sun, moon, and stars; to which they were nearer, and of which they could have a clearer view upon the house tops, and therefore chose them for this purpose; and so common was this sort of idolatry, that it was practised upon most, if not all, the houses in Jerusalem; see Zep 1:5;
and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods; besides the God of Israel; to Baal, and other Heathen deities.
(s) "quae pollutae sunt", Gataker.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain As Tophet - That is, a place of slaughter…
As Tophet - That is, a place of slaughter and burials.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. And even make this city as Tophet]…
Verse 12. And even make this city as Tophet] A place of slaughter and destruction.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain make this city as Tophet--that is, as defiled with…
make this city as Tophet--that is, as defiled with dead bodies as Tophet.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. As Tophet — See 2Ki_23:10; Jer_7:31.
12. As Tophet — See 2Ki_23:10; Jer_7:31.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. As Topheth had been made unclean (2Ki_23:10) by…
12. As Topheth had been made unclean (2Ki_23:10) by Josiah, so shall the houses of Jerusalem be.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) And even make this city as Tophet.—This is…
(12) And even make this city as Tophet.—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 Jer_7:31.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain As Tophet; i.e. an unclean spot, avoided by mankind.
As Tophet; i.e. an unclean spot, avoided by mankind.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 this is Yahweh's declaration
this is Yahweh's declaration
Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in Jeremiah 1:8. AT: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: First, Second, or Third Person)
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of the kings of Judah
The words "the houses" may be supplied here. AT: "the houses of the kings of Judah" (See: Ellipsis)
the unclean people
People who are not acceptable for God's purposes are spoken of as if they were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
translationWords
Jerusalem
king
kingdom of Judah
clean
worship
heaven
drink offering
false god
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.