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Thusכֵּןwill I doאֶעֱשֶׂהto this place,לַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּהdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהand to its inhabitants,וּלְיוֹשְׁבָיוmakingוְלָתֵתthis cityאֶת הָעִיר הַזֹּאתlike Topheth.כְּתֹפֶת
Jeremiah 19:12
Study it in the app“Thus will I do to this place, declares YHWH, and to its inhabitants, making this city like Topheth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 19:12, word by word
- will I doאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appears- to this placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- declaresנְאֻםneum
declaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” 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- and to its inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבָיyoshvay
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshvay” appears- makingתֵתtet
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “tet” appears- this cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- like 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
The context
11and 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.
12 · This verse (above)
13And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be like the place of Topheth, unclean; all the houses on whose roofs they burned incense to all the army of the heavens and poured out libations to other gods.’”