Jeremiah 19:12

19:12 I, the Lord, say: ¹  ‘That is how I will deal with this city and its citizens. I will make it like Topheth.

Jeremiah 40:2

40:2 The captain of the royal guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him, “The Lord your God threatened this place with this disaster.

[19:12]  ¹ tn This phrase (Heb “Oracle of the Lord”) has been handled this way on several occasions when it occurs within first person addresses where the Lord is the speaker. See, e.g., 16:16; 17:24; 18:6.