Jeremiah 19:11
King James VersionSource notes
“And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury in Tophet, till no place to bury.”
Context
8And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
9And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
10Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
11And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury in Tophet, till no place to bury.
12Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and make this city as Tophet:
13And 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.
14Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, 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,