Verse 5

Jeremiah 19:5

GOD'S WORD Translation

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5 and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons 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 Yahweh, “Go, and buy a potter’s earthen bottle, and take some of the elders of the people,... 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 Yahweh’s word, kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: Yahweh of Armies, the God (E... Focus ↗

4 Because they have forsaken me, and have defiled this place, and have burned incense in it to other g... Focus ↗

5 and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal;...

6 therefore, behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that this place will no more be called ‘Topheth’, n... 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 bottle in the sight of the men who go with you, Focus ↗

11 and shall tell them, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “Even so I will break this people and this city, as one... Focus ↗

12 Thus will I do to this place,” says Yahweh, “and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Tophet... Focus ↗

13 The houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, will be as the pla... Focus ↗

14 Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where Yahweh had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of... Focus ↗

15 “Yahweh of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel says, ‘Behold, I will bring on this city and on all it... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 19 (15 verses)
Version: GOD'S WORD Translation

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