Jeremiah 19:13

Yea, the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall like the place of Topheth, be places defiled,—even all the houses upon whose roofs they burned incense to all the host of the heavens, and poured out drink-offerings to other gods.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 Declareth Yahweh, And to the inhabitants thereof,—Even making this city like Topheth:

14Then entered Jeremiah out of Topheth, whither Yahweh had sent him to prophesy,—and stood in the court of the house of Yahweh, and said unto all the people:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:19or lest thou shouldest lift up thine eyes towards the heavens and see the sun and the moon, and the stars—all the host of the heavens, and shouldest be seduced, and shouldest bow thyself down to them and he led to serve them,—the which Yahweh thy God hath assigned unto all the peoples under all the heavens;

2 Kings 23:12and, the altars which were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, also the altars which Manasseh had made, in the two courts of the house of Yahweh, did the king break down,—and hurried away from thence, and cast out the powder of them into the Kidron ravine;

Psalms 74:7They have cast, into the fire, thy sanctuary, To the ground, have they profaned the habitation of thy Name.

Isaiah 22:1The oracle on the valley of vision,—What aileth thee, then, That thou art wholly gone up to the house-tops?

Jeremiah 32:29And the Chaldeans, who are fighting against this city, Shall enter, and Shall set this city on fire, and Shall consume it,—With the houses on whose roofs they burned incense to Baal and poured out drink-offerings to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger;

Jeremiah 52:13and he burned the house of Yahweh and the house of the king,—yea all the houses of Jerusalem even every great man’s house, 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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