Thus saith the Lord, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, a pitcher with a long neck, AND TAKE OF THE ANCIENTS OF THE PEOPLE, the elders of their chief council, AND OF THE ANCIENTS OF THE PRIESTS, Cf Isaiah 36:2,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PARABOLIC ACTION AND ITS EXPLANATION... [ Continue Reading ]
and go forth unto the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, south and southwest of the city, WHICH IS BY THE ENTRY OF THE EAST GATE, or the Potsherd Gate, probably identical with the Dung Gate, Nehemiah 3:13, near which were the clay-pits or the dumping-grounds of the potters, AN... [ Continue Reading ]
and say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, both of whom had become guilty together of idolatrous customs such as were practiced in this valley, sacrifices to Moloch, the abomination of the Mo-abitee, THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL, the only... [ Continue Reading ]
Because they have forsaken Me and have estranged this place, devoting it to the worship of strange gods, AND HAVE BURNED INCENSE IN IT UNTO OTHER GODS, WHOM NEITHER THEY NOR THEIR FATHERS HAVE KNOWN, NOR THE KINGS OF JUDAH, idols which should have been utterly foreign to the mind of the nation, AND... [ Continue Reading ]
they have built also the high places of Baal, the chief idol of the Canaanites, TO BURN THEIR SONS WITH FIRE FOR BURNT OFFERINGS UNTO BAAL, WHICH I COMMANDED NOT NOR SPAKE IT, NEITHER CAME IT INTO MY MIND, the heaping of synonymous expressions indicating that the very idea of such offerings was utte... [ Continue Reading ]
therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, a name thought by some commentators to have been given to the place because drums (Hebrew, _ toph_) were beaten to drown out the cries of the children that were being sacrificed, NOR THE VALLEY OF THE S... [ Continue Reading ]
And _ J._ will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, frustrating their plans for the defense of their city, AND I WILL CAUSE THEM TO FALL BY THE SWORD BEFORE THEIR ENEMIES AND BY THE HANDS OF THEM THAT SEEK THEIR LIVES, in a general slaughter, AND THEIR CARCASSES WILL I GIVE TO... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will make this city desolate and an hissing, so that people would make noises of surprise and sneering at its downfall, Jeremiah 18:16; EVERY ONE THAT PASSETH THEREBY SHALL BE ASTONISHED AND HISS BECAUSE OF ALL THE PLAGUES THEREOF, because it was so severely smitten by Jehovah.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, in a form of the most abhorrent cannibalism, as threatened in the special curses of the Law, Leviticus 26:29; Deuteronomy 28:53, AND THEY SHALL EAT EVERY ONE THE FLESH OF HIS FRIEND IN THE SIEGE AND STRAITNESS, in... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shall thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, thereby calling their attention to the symbolism of his action,... [ Continue Reading ]
and shall say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the great Commander of the heavenly armies, the Ruler of the universe, EVEN SO WILL I BREAK THIS PEOPLE AND THIS CITY AS ONE BREAKETH A POTTER'S VESSEL, whose fragile nature is so obvious, THAT CANNOT BE MADE WHOLE AGAIN, though the same materia... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus will I do unto this place, saith the Lord, and to the Inhabitants thereof, as He had now described in detail, AND EVEN MAKE THIS CITY AS TOPHET, as an unclean place, full of rubbish and carcasses,... [ Continue Reading ]
and the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah, the various buildings comprising their palaces, SHALL BE DEFILED AS THE PLACE OF TOPHET, polluted with dead bodies, BECAUSE OF ALL THE HOUSES UPON WHOSE ROOFS THEY HAVE BURNED INCENSE UNTO ALL THE HOST OF HEAVEN, offering sacrifices t... [ Continue Reading ]
Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, where his last parable had been proclaimed, WHITHER THE LORD HAD SENT HIM TO PROPHESY; AND HE STOOD IN THE COURT OF THE LORD'S HOUSE, the outside court, where the people assembled in the largest numbers, AND SAID TO ALL THE PEOPLE, probably after repeating the prophec... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, whose majesty and supreme authority is here purposely emphasized, BEHOLD, I WILL BRING UPON THIS CITY AND UPON ALL HER TOWNS, all the suburban villages, ALL THE EVIL THAT I HAVE PRONOUNCED AGAINST IT, threatening destruction to the capital and death a... [ Continue Reading ]