Jeremiah 19:13

And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be as a ruinous place, because of their uncleannesses in all the houses, wherein they burned incense upon their roofs to all the host of heaven, and poured drink offerings to strange gods.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

In Context

12Thus will I do, saith the Lord, to this place, and to the inhabitants of it, that this city may be given up, as one that is falling to ruin.

14And Jeremiah came from the place of the Fall, whither the Lord had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the Lord’s house; and said to all the people, Thus saith the Lord;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:19and lest having looked up to the sky, and having seen the sun and the moon and the stars, and all the heavenly bodies, thou shouldest go astray and worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God has distributed to all the nations under heaven.

2 Kings 23:12And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king pull down and forcibly remove from thence, and cast their dust into the brook of Kidron.

Psalms 74:7For good comes neither from the east, nor from the west, 1 Nor from the desert mountains. 1

Isaiah 22:1The word of the Valley of Zion. What has happened to thee, that now ye are all gone up to the housetops which help you not?

Jeremiah 32:29For I am beginning to afflict the city whereon my name is called, and ye shall by no means be held guiltless: for I am calling a sword upon all that dwell upon the earth.

Jeremiah 52:13and he burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house; and all the houses of the city, and every great house he burned with fire.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 19:11-15

The Desolation of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 600.) 10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, 11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury. 12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the Lord , and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet: 13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and… Read the whole commentary →

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