Jeremiah 19:3-9

The Broken Flask

³ You shall say, _g 'Hear the word of the Lord, _h O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing such disaster upon this place that _i the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle. ⁴ _j Because the people have forsaken me and have profaned this place by making offerings in it to other gods whom neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have known; _k and because they have filled this place with the blood of innocents, ⁵ _l and have built the high places of Baal _l to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, _m which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into my mind - ⁶ therefore, _n behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, when this place shall no more be called Topheth, or _o the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. ⁷ And in this place _p I will make void the plans of Judah and Jerusalem, _q and will cause their people to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. _r I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth. ⁸ And I will make this city _s a horror, _s a thing to be hissed at. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its wounds. ⁹ _t And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and everyone shall eat the flesh of his neighbor _u in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies and those who seek their life afflict them.'

1. Cross References
   Jeremiah 17:20
   And say: 'Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter by these gates.
   
2. Cross References
   Jeremiah 13:13
   Then you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord : Behold, I will fill with drunkenness all the inhabitants of this land: the kings who sit on David's throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Samuel 3:11
   Then the Lord said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which the two ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
   2 Kings 21:12
   Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing upon Jerusalem and Judah such disaster that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.
   
4. Cross References
   Jeremiah 1:16
   And I will declare my judgments against them, for all their evil in forsaking me. They have made offerings to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.
   
5. Cross References
   2 Kings 21:16
   Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides the sin that he made Judah to sin so that they did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
   Jeremiah 2:34
   Also on your skirts is found the lifeblood of the guiltless poor; you did not find them breaking in. Yet in spite of all these things
   
6. Cross References
   Jeremiah 7:31
   And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.
   Jeremiah 32:35
   They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
   Leviticus 18:21
   You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
   
7. Cross References
   Jeremiah 7:31
   And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.
   Jeremiah 32:35
   They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
   Leviticus 18:21
   You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
   
8. Cross References
   Jeremiah 7:31
   And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.
   Jeremiah 32:35
   They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
   Deuteronomy 17:3
   And has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have forbidden.
   
9. Cross References
   Jeremiah 7:32
   Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when it will no more be called Topheth, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; for they will bury in Topheth, because there is no room elsewhere.
   
10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 19:2
    And go out to the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you.
    
11. Cross References
    Isaiah 19:3
    And the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, and I will confound their counsel; and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers, and the mediums and the necromancers.
    
12. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:17
    I will set my face against you, and you shall be struck down before your enemies. Those who hate you shall rule over you, and you shall flee when none pursues you.
    
13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 7:33
    And the dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the air, and for the beasts of the earth, and none will frighten them away.
    
14. Cross References
    Jeremiah 18:16
    Making their land a horror, a thing to be hissed at forever. Everyone who passes by it is horrified and shakes his head.
    
15. Cross References
    Jeremiah 18:16
    Making their land a horror, a thing to be hissed at forever. Everyone who passes by it is horrified and shakes his head.
    
16. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:29
    You shall eat the flesh of your sons, and you s...
    Deuteronomy 28:53
    And you shall eat the fruit of your womb, the f...
    Isaiah 9:20
    They slice meat on the right, but are still hun...
    Lamentations 2:20
    Look, O Lord, and see! With whom have you dealt...
    Lamentations 4:10
    The hands of compassionate women have boiled th...
    Ezekiel 5:10
    Therefore fathers shall eat their sons in your ...
    
17. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:53
    And you shall eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of your sons and daughters, whom the Lord your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you.
    Deuteronomy 28:55
    So that he will not give to any of them any of the flesh of his children whom he is eating, because he has nothing else left, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in all your towns.
    Deuteronomy 28:57
    Her afterbirth that comes out from between her feet and her children whom she bears, because lacking everything she will eat them secretly, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in your towns.