Jeremiah 19:13

And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be unclean, like the place of Tophet, All the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, And poured out drink-offerings to strange gods.

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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 to this place and to its inhabitants, saith Jehovah, And I will make this city itself like Tophet;

14Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, Whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy, And stood in the court of the house of Jehovah, And said to all the people:

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Cross References

Psalms 74:7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary; They have profaned, and cast to the ground, the dwelling-place of thy name.

Isaiah 22:1The prophecy concerning the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, That all thine inhabitants are gone up to the house-tops?

Jeremiah 32:29And the Chaldaeans who fight against this city shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses upon whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out incense to other gods, to provoke me to anger.

Jeremiah 52:13And he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king's house; and all the houses at Jerusalem, all the great houses, burned he 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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