1 Thus said the LORD, "Go, buy a potter's earthen flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests,
2 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.
3 You shall 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 am bringing such evil upon this place that the ears of every one who hears of it will tingle.
4 Because the people have forsaken me, and have profaned this place by burning incense in it to other gods whom neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have known; and because they have filled this place with the blood of innocents,
5 and have built the high places of Ba'al to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Ba'al, which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into my mind;
6 therefore, behold, days are coming, says the LORD, when this place shall no more be called Topheth, or the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter.
7 And in this place I will make void the plans of Judah and Jerusalem, and will cause their people to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth.
8 And I will make this city a horror, a thing to be hissed at; every one who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.
9 And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and every one shall eat the flesh of his neighbor in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies and those who seek their life afflict them.'
10 "Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you,
11 and shall say to them, `Thus says the LORD of hosts: So will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, so that it can never be mended. Men shall bury in Topheth because there will be no place else to bury.
12 Thus will I do to this place, says the LORD, and to its inhabitants, making this city like Topheth.
13 The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah -- all the houses upon whose roofs incense has been burned to all the host of heaven, and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods -- shall be defiled like the place of Topheth.'"
14 Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court of the LORD's house, and said to all the people:
15 "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing upon this city and upon all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their neck, refusing to hear my words."
Versículos relacionados com Jeremiah, 19:
Jeremiah 19 talks about the message that God gave to Jeremiah to convey to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. God commanded Jeremiah to buy a clay jar and go to the valley of ben-huminom to proclaim the message the Lord had given. The message was that God would bring about Judah and Jerusalem such a destruction that the ears of those who heard about it would be buzzing. Here are five verses related to the topics addressed in Jeremiah 19:
Isaiah 29:16: "You divert things, as if the potter were the same as the clay! he understands'?" This verse emphasizes that God is the potter and that we are the clay in his hands. Just as the potter has the power to shape the clay, God has the power to shape our lives.
Isaiah 45:9: "Woe to the one who contains with his creator! The shard among other clay shards! Can the clay say to what shapes him:" What are you doing? "Or:" Don't you have a skill "?" This verse continues with the analogy of the potter and the clay, emphasizing that we should not question or contend with God, our Creator.
Romans 9:21: "Or does not have the right potter over the clay, to make him a vase for honor and another, for dishonor?" This verse also talks about God as a potter and reminds us that He has the right to shape our lives the way He wants.
2 Corinthians 4:7: "But we have this treasure in clay vessels, so that the excellence of power is of God and not of us." This verse talks about the fact that although we are weak and fragile as clay vessels, we have a treasure in us that comes from God.
Revelation 2:27: "And he shall go go with an iron scepter and shatter them as clay objects;” This verse talks about the power and authority that Christ will have about those who refuse to repent of their sins.
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