Translations
Modern
This is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.
Traditional
Thus will I do unto this place, saith the Lord, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:
Literal
Thus I will do to this place, a declaration of YHWH, and to its dwellers, so as to give this city to be like Tophet!
Latin
Sic faciam loco huic, ait Dominus, et habitatoribus ejus, et ponam civitatem istam sicut Topheth.
Original
Hebrew
English
This is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.
Notes
Judah, the nation these leaders represented, would be completely destroyed and beyond repair. Judah would never again be a sovereign nation with a king from David's line (see Jeremiah 33:17–18). The city of Jerusalem would become as defiled as Topheth, the unclean valley (see study note on Jeremiah 7:30–34).
Jeremiah performed another parable (see Jeremiah 13:1–14) to show Judah's leaders that the Lord would completely destroy their idolatrous and violent nation.
Theme notes and profiles
Events
- Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC
Places
Topheth: Site of pagan child sacrifice, south of Jerusalem
Glossary
Baal (Idol) Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person) Prophet, Prophetess Topheth