Jeremiah 19:13-15

19:13 The houses in Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled by dead bodies ¹  just like this place, Topheth. For they offered sacrifice to the stars ²  and poured out drink offerings to other gods on the roofs of those houses.’”

19:14 Then Jeremiah left Topheth where the Lord had sent him to give that prophecy. He went to the Lord’s temple and stood ³  in its courtyard and called out to all the people. 19:15 “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all ⁴  says, ‘I will soon bring on this city and all the towns surrounding it ⁵  all the disaster I threatened to do to it. I will do so because they have stubbornly refused ⁶  to pay any attention to what I have said!’”

¹ tn The words “by dead bodies” is not in the text but is implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “the host of heaven.”

³ tn Heb “And Jeremiah entered from Topheth where the Lord had sent him to prophesy and he stood in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.”

⁵ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.”

⁶ tn Heb “all its towns.”

⁷ tn Heb “They hardened [or made stiff] their neck so as not to.”