Verse 5

Jeremiah 19:5

World English Bible, British Edition

5 and have built the high places of Baal to burn their children in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I didn’t command, nor speak, which didn’t even enter into my mind.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/בָנ֞וּ אֶת בָּמ֣וֹת הַ/בַּ֗עַל לִ/שְׂרֹ֧ף אֶת בְּנֵי/הֶ֛ם בָּ/אֵ֖שׁ עֹל֣וֹת לַ/בָּ֑עַל אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא צִוִּ֨יתִי֙ וְ/לֹ֣א דִבַּ֔רְתִּי וְ/לֹ֥א עָלְתָ֖ה עַל לִבִּֽ/י
English Translation
And we built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in fire as offerings to Baal, which I did not command, nor spoke of, and it did not come to my mind.
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Chapter 19 Context
1 Thus said the LORD, “Go, and buy a potter’s earthen container, and take some of the elders of the pe... Focus ↗
2 and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and procla... Focus ↗
3 Say, ‘Hear the LORD’s word, kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: The LORD of Armies, the God... Focus ↗
4 Because they have forsaken me, and have defiled this place, and have burnt incense in it to other go... Focus ↗
5 and have built the high places of Baal to burn their children in the fire for burnt offerings to Baa...
6 Therefore, behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that this place will no more be called ‘Topheth’,... Focus ↗
7 “‘“I will make the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem void in this place. I will cause them to fall by t... Focus ↗
8 I will make this city an astonishment and a hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished an... Focus ↗
9 I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters. They will each ea... Focus ↗
10 “Then you shall break the container in the sight of the men who go with you, Focus ↗
11 and shall tell them, ‘The LORD of Armies says: “Even so I will break this people and this city as on... Focus ↗
12 This is what I will do to this place,” says the LORD, “and to its inhabitants, even making this city... Focus ↗
13 The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, will be as the plac... Focus ↗
14 Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court... Focus ↗
15 “The LORD of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel says, ‘Behold, I will bring on this city and on all... Focus ↗
Verse Information
Book
Jeremiah
Chapter
Chapter 19 (15 verses)
Version
World English Bible, British Edition
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