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Jeremiah 19:11
New English Translation
Jeremiah 19:11
New English Translation
11 Tell them the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says,[a] ‘I will do just as Jeremiah has done.[b] I will smash this nation and this city as though it were a potter’s vessel that is broken beyond repair.[c] The dead will be buried here in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.’[d]
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- Jeremiah 19:11 tn Heb “Thus says Yahweh of Armies.” For this title see the study note on 2:19. The translation attempts to avoid the confusion of embedding quotes within quotes by reducing this one to an indirect quote.
- Jeremiah 19:11 tn The adverb “Thus” or “Like this” normally points back to something previously mentioned. See, e.g., Exod 29:35; Num 11:15; 15:11; Deut 25:9.
- Jeremiah 19:11 tn Heb “Like this I will break this people and this city, just as one breaks the vessel of a potter that is not able to be repaired.”
- Jeremiah 19:11 sn See Jer 7:32-33 for parallels.
Jeremiah 19:11
New International Version
Jeremiah 19:11
New International Version
11 and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I will smash(A) this nation and this city just as this potter’s jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They will bury(B) the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
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