Jeremiah 19:11

“and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: So will I break this people and this city, as one breaks the potter's vessel, which cannot be mended again. And in Topheth they will bury because there is no place to bury.”

Jeremiah 19:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 19:11, word by word

and you shall sayאָמַרְתָּamarta

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amarta” appears
YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot

Tsevaot

A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.

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will I breakאֶשְׁבֹּרeshbor

break

To break something to pieces.

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this peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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and this cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

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the potter'sיּוֹצֵרyotser

potter

The one who works clay and shapes it into pots with his hands.

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vesselכְּלִיkeli

vessel

Any container for keeping or carrying liquids and food.

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cannotיוּכַלyuchal

be able

To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.

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be mendedהֵרָפֵהherafe

mend

To fix something broken.

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And in Tophethתֹפֶתtofet

Topheth

Topheth. A place in the valley of Ben-hinnom, by Jerusalem, where children were burned for Molech; King Josiah defiled it so that it would no longer be used (2 Kings 23:10; Jeremiah 7:31-32; 19:6).

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they will buryיִקְבְּרוּyikbru

bury

Bury.

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placeמָקוֹםmakom

place

A place, a spot.

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The context

10Then you shall break the jug before the eyes of the men who go with you,

11 · This verse (above)

12Thus will I do to this place, declares YHWH, and to its inhabitants, making this city like Topheth.

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