and you shall sayוְאָמַרְתָּto them,אֲלֵיהֶם‘ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהTsevaot:צְבָאוֹתSoכָּכָהwill I breakאֶשְׁבֹּרthis peopleאֶת הָעָם הַזֶּהand this city,וְאֶת הָעִיר הַזֹּאתasכַּאֲשֶׁרone breaksיִשְׁבֹּרthe potter'sהַיּוֹצֵרvessel,אֶת כְּלִיwhichאֲשֶׁרcannotלֹא יוּכַלbe mendedלְהֵרָפֵהagain.עוֹדAnd in Tophethוּבְתֹפֶתthey will buryיִקְבְּרוּbecause there is noמֵאֵיןplaceמָקוֹםto bury.לִקְבּוֹר
Jeremiah 19:11
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yehva” appears- Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot
Tsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appears- will I breakאֶשְׁבֹּרeshbor
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “eshbor” appears- this peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and this cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- the potter'sיּוֹצֵרyotser
potter
The one who works clay and shapes it into pots with his hands.
Where else “yotser” appears- vesselכְּלִיkeli
vessel
Any container for keeping or carrying liquids and food.
Where else “keli” appears- cannotיוּכַלyuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchal” appears- be mendedהֵרָפֵהherafe
mend
To fix something broken.
Where else “herafe” appears- 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).
Where else “tofet” appears- they will buryיִקְבְּרוּyikbru
bury
Bury.
Where else “yikbru” appears- placeמָקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears
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.