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Jeremiah 19:14

Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to give the prophet's word; and he took his place in the open square of the Lord's house, and said to all the people,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Temple;   Tophet;   The Topic Concordance - Forsaking;   Idolatry;   Paganism;   Sacrifice;   Sending and Those Sent;   Violence;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Prophets;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Temple, Solomon's;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hinnom;   Jeremiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hinnom, Valley of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Topheth;   Smith Bible Dictionary - To'pheth,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moloch;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jeremiah (2);   Mouth;   Topheth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, stood in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple, and proclaimed to all the people,
Hebrew Names Version
Then came Yirmeyahu from Tofet, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house, and said to all the people:
King James Version
Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the Lord had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the Lord 's house; and said to all the people,
English Standard Version
Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court of the Lord 's house and said to all the people:
New American Standard Bible
Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the courtyard of the LORD'S house and said to all the people,
New Century Version
When Jeremiah left Topheth where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, he went to the Lord 's Temple, stood in the courtyard, and said to all the people:
Amplified Bible
Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house and said to all the people:
World English Bible
Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, where Yahweh had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Yahweh's house, and said to all the people:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came Ieremiah fro Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophecie, and he stood in the court of the Lordes house, and sayde to all the people,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where Yahweh had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the house of Yahweh and said to all the people:
Berean Standard Bible
Then Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court of the LORD's house and proclaimed to all the people,
Contemporary English Version
I went to Topheth, where I told the people what the Lord had said. Then I went to the temple courtyard and shouted to the people,
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Yirmeyahu returned from Tofet, where Adonai had sent him to prophesy, stood in the courtyard of Adonai 's house and said to all the people,
Darby Translation
And Jeremiah came from Topheth, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Jehovah's house, and said to all the people,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jeremiah left Topheth where the Lord had told him to speak. Jeremiah went to the Lord 's Temple and stood in the courtyard of the Temple. Jeremiah said to all the people:
George Lamsa Translation
Then Jeremiah came from Taphat, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORDS house, and said to all the people,
Good News Translation
Then I left Topheth, where the Lord had sent me to proclaim his message. I went and stood in the court of the Temple and told all the people
Lexham English Bible
Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where Yahweh had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the courtyard of the house of Yahweh and said to all the people,
Literal Translation
Then Jeremiah came from Tophet, where Jehovah had sent him there to prophesy. And he stood in the court of the house of Jehovah, and he said to all the people,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And so Ieremy came from Tophet, where the LORDE had sent him to prophecie, and stode in the courte off the house off the LORDE, and spake to all the people:
American Standard Version
Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Jehovah's house, and said to all the people:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house, and said to all the people:
King James Version (1611)
Then came Ieremiah from Tophet, whither the Lord had sent him to prophecie, and hee stood in the court of the Lords house, and said to all the people,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so Ieremie came from Thopheth where the Lorde had sent hym to prophesie, and stoode in the court of the house of the Lorde, and spake to all the people,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Jeremias came from the place of the Fall, whither the Lord had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the Lord’s house: and said to all the people, Thus saith the Lord;
English Revised Version
Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house, and said to all the people:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Jeremye cam fro Tophet, whidur the Lord hadde sente hym for to profesie; and he stood in the porche of the hous of the Lord,
Update Bible Version
Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where Yahweh had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Yahweh's house, and said to all the people:
Webster's Bible Translation
Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house; and said to all the people,
New English Translation
Then Jeremiah left Topheth where the Lord had sent him to give that prophecy. He went to the Lord 's temple and stood in its courtyard and called out to all the people.
New King James Version
Then Jeremiah came from Tophet, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the Lord's house and said to all the people,
New Living Translation
Then Jeremiah returned from Topheth, the garbage dump where he had delivered this message, and he stopped in front of the Temple of the Lord . He said to the people there,
New Life Bible
Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to tell what would happen. And he stood in the open space of the Lord's house and said to all the people,
New Revised Standard
When Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, he stood in the court of the Lord 's house and said to all the people:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then entered Jeremiah out of Topheth, whither Yahweh had sent him to prophesy, - and stood in the court of the house of Yahweh, and said unto all the people:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Jeremias came from Topheth, whither the Lord had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court of the house of the Lord, and said to all the people:
Revised Standard Version
Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court of the LORD's house, and said to all the people:
Young's Literal Translation
And Jeremiah cometh in from Tophet, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy, and he standeth in the court of the house of Jehovah, and he saith unto all the people:
THE MESSAGE
Then Jeremiah left Topheth, where God had sent him to preach the sermon, and took his stand in the court of God 's Temple and said to the people, "This is the Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies to you: ‘Warning! Danger! I'm bringing down on this city and all the surrounding towns the doom that I have pronounced. They're set in their ways and won't budge. They refuse to do a thing I say.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house and said to all the people:

Contextual Overview

10 Then let the potter's bottle be broken before the eyes of the men who have gone with you, 11 And say to them, This is what the Lord of armies has said: Even so will this people and this town be broken by me, as a potter's bottle is broken and may not be put together again: and the bodies of the dead will be put in the earth in Topheth, till there is no more room. 12 This is what I will do to this place, says the Lord, and to its people, making this town like Topheth: 13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which they have made unclean, will be like the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs perfumes have been burned to all the army of heaven, and drink offerings drained out to other gods. 14 Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to give the prophet's word; and he took his place in the open square of the Lord's house, and said to all the people, 15 The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send on this town and on all her towns all the evil which I have said; because they made their necks stiff, so that they might not give ear to my words.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

from: Jeremiah 19:2, Jeremiah 19:3

he stood: Jeremiah 17:19, Jeremiah 26:2, 2 Chronicles 20:5, 2 Chronicles 24:20, 2 Chronicles 24:21, Luke 21:37, Luke 21:38, Acts 5:20

Reciprocal: Joshua 15:8 - valley of the son Jeremiah 7:2 - Stand Jeremiah 20:2 - smote Jeremiah 25:2 - General Jeremiah 28:5 - the house Jeremiah 36:6 - the words

Cross-References

Genesis 19:4
But before they had gone to bed, the men of the town, all the men of Sodom, came round the house, young and old, from every part of the town;
Genesis 19:8
See now, I have two unmarried daughters; I will send them out to you so that you may do to them whatever seems good to you: only do nothing to these men, for this is why they have come under the shade of my roof.
Genesis 19:12
Then the men said to Lot, Are there any others of your family here? sons-in-law or sons or daughters, take them all out of this place;
Genesis 19:14
And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.
Genesis 19:17
And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.
Genesis 19:22
Go there quickly, for I am not able to do anything till you have come there. For this reason, the town was named Zoar.
Genesis 19:28
And looking in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the lowland, he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of an oven.
Genesis 19:30
Then Lot went up out of Zoar to the mountain, and was living there with his two daughters, for fear kept him from living in Zoar: and he and his daughters made their living-place in a hole in the rock.
Exodus 9:21
And he who gave no attention to the word of the Lord, kept his servants and his cattle in the field.
Exodus 12:31
And he sent for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Get up and go out from among my people, you and the children of Israel; go and give worship to the Lord as you have said.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then came Jeremiah from Tophet,.... When he had broke his earthen bottle, and delivered his prophecy before the elders of the people and priests: or, "from that Tophet" t,

whither the Lord had sent him to prophesy; and whither he went and prophesied, according to his command; but now returned from thence, it being no doubt signified to him, in some manner or other, that it was the will of God he should;

and he stood in the court of the Lord's house, and said to all the people; this was the court of the temple, called the outward court, or the court of the Israelites, where all the people met; for into other courts they might not enter; here the prophet placed himself, on purpose to deliver his prophecy to all the people; even the same as he had delivered at Tophet to the ancients of the people and the priests; but lest they should not faithfully represent it to the people, and that they might not be without it, he delivers it openly and publicly to them all, in the following words; which both declare their punishment, and the cause of it.

t מהתפת.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Since it was this repetition of the prophecy in the temple which so greatly irritated Pashur, these two verses ought to be joined to the next chapter.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 19:14. Then came Jeremiah from Tophet — He had probably gone to the valley of Hinnom, and there repeated the discourse which he had a little before delivered to the chief priests and elders.


 
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