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Jeremiah 19:2

and go out to the valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hinnom;   Instruction;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Thompson Chain Reference - Hinnom, Valley;   Valley of Hinnom;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Molech, Moloch, or Milcom;   Prophets;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hell;   Jerusalem;   Prophecy, prophet;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bottle;   East Gate;   Gehenna;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bottle;   Hell;   Jerusalem;   Topheth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hinnom;   East Gate;   Jeremiah;   Vessels and Utensils;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Harsith;   Hinnom, Valley of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Akeldama;   Potter;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hinnom, Valley of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hinnom;   Jerusalem;   Topheth;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jeru'salem;   To'pheth,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Akeldama;   Harsith;   Hinnom, Valley of;   Mouth;   Potsherd Gate;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bottle;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aceldama;   Harsith;   Jerusalem;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and go out to Ben Hinnom Valley near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you.
Hebrew Names Version
and go forth to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you;
King James Version
And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,
English Standard Version
and go out to the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you.
New American Standard Bible
"Then go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom, which is by the entrance of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you,
New Century Version
Take some of the elders of the people and the priests, and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the front of the Potsherd Gate. There speak the words I tell you.
Amplified Bible
and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom (son of Hinnom), which is near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate; and proclaim there the words that I tell you,
World English Bible
and go forth to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And goe forth vnto the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is by the entrie of the East gate: and thou shalt preache there the wordes, that I shall tell thee,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then go out to the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is by the entrance of the potsherd gate, and there call out the words that I tell you
Contemporary English Version
and go to Hinnom Valley, just outside Potsherd Gate. Tell the people that I have said:
Complete Jewish Bible
and go out into the Ben-Hinnom Valley, by the entry to the Potsherd Gate. There you are to proclaim the words I am about to tell you.
Darby Translation
and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the pottery-gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,
Easy-to-Read Version
Go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the front of the Potsherd Gate. I have a message I want you to announce there.
George Lamsa Translation
And go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom which is by the entrance of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you,
Good News Translation
and to go through Potsherd Gate out to Hinnom Valley. There I was to proclaim the message that he would give me.
Lexham English Bible
and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, which is at the entrance of the Gate of the Potsherd, and proclaim there the words that I speak to you.
Literal Translation
And go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom by the entry of Potsherd Gate. And there declare the Words that I will speak to you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
in to the valley of the children off Ennon, which lieth before the porte that is made of brick, & shewe them there the wordes, that I shall tell the,
American Standard Version
and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee;
Bible in Basic English
And go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom, by the way into the door of broken pots, and there say in a loud voice the words which I will give you;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee;
King James Version (1611)
And goe forth vnto the valley of the sonne of Hinnom, which is by the entrie of the Eastgate, and proclaime there the words that I shall tell thee:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Unto the valley of the children of Hennom, which lyeth without the east gate, and shewe them there the wordes that I shall tell thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and thou shalt go forth to the burial-place of the sons of their children, which is at the entrance of the gate of Charsith; and do thou read there all these words which I shall speak to thee:
English Revised Version
and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And go thou out to the valei of the sones of Ennon, which is bisidis the entring of the erthene yate; and there thou schalt preche the wordis whiche Y schal speke to thee;
Update Bible Version
and go forth to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you;
Webster's Bible Translation
And go forth to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which [is] by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,
New English Translation
Go out to the part of the Hinnom Valley which is near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Announce there what I tell you.
New King James Version
And go out to the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the Potsherd Gate; and proclaim there the words that I will tell you,
New Living Translation
Go out through the Gate of Broken Pots to the garbage dump in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and give them this message.
New Life Bible
Then go out to the valley of BenHinnom, by the Potsherd Gate, and there say the words that I will tell you.
New Revised Standard
and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom at the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then shalt thou go forth into the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is at the opening of the gate of potsherds; and proclaim there the words which I shall speak unto thee;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And go forth into the valley of the son of Ennom, which is by the entry of the earthen gate: and there thou shalt proclaim the words that I shall tell thee.
Revised Standard Version
and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom at the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you.
Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast gone forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, that [is] at the opening of the gate of the pottery, and hast proclaimed there the words that I speak unto thee,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then go out to the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is by the entrance of the potsherd gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you,

Contextual Overview

1This is what the LORD says: "Go, buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests, 2and go out to the valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,3saying, 'Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring, 4because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in it to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. 5They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal-something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it ever enter My mind. 6So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. 7And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth. 8I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be horrified, and will scoff because of all its wounds. 9I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another's flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the valley: Jeremiah 7:31, Jeremiah 7:32, Jeremiah 32:35, Joshua 15:8, 2 Kings 23:10, 2 Chronicles 28:3, 2 Chronicles 33:6

east gate: Heb. sun-gate, Nehemiah 3:29

and proclaim: Jeremiah 1:7, Jeremiah 3:12, Jeremiah 7:2, Jeremiah 11:6, Jeremiah 26:2, Proverbs 1:20-22, Ezekiel 3:10, Ezekiel 3:11, Jonah 3:2, Matthew 10:27, Acts 5:20, Acts 20:27

Reciprocal: Joshua 18:16 - the valley of the son 2 Chronicles 29:4 - east street Nehemiah 11:30 - the valley Isaiah 7:3 - Go forth Jeremiah 2:2 - cry Jeremiah 17:19 - General Jeremiah 18:2 - and go Jeremiah 19:6 - this Jeremiah 19:14 - from Jeremiah 20:3 - hath Ezekiel 40:6 - unto

Cross-References

Genesis 18:4
Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.
Genesis 19:17
As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, "Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!"
Genesis 19:21
"Very well," he answered, "I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
Genesis 19:28
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
Genesis 19:29
So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
Acts 16:15
And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, "If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she persuaded us.
Hebrews 13:2
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And go forth into the valley of the son of Hinnom,.... To whom it formerly belonged, and so it was called as early as Joshua's time,

Joshua 15:8; from the faith and abomination of the place, and the shocking torments here exercised, "hell", from hence, in the New Testament, is called "Gehenna": here the prophet with the elders were to go, for reasons after mentioned; because here their cruel idolatries were committed, and Jerusalem was to be made like unto it for pollution and bloodshed:

which [is] by the entry of the east gate; the way to it out of Jerusalem lay through the east gate of the city. The Targum calls it "the dung gate"; through which the filth of the city was carried out, and laid near it, and where lay the potter's sherds; hence some render it the "potsherd" gate m; or rather it should be the potter's gate; for that reason, because the potter's field and house lay near it, from whence the prophet had his earthen bottle; others call it the "sun gate" n, because it lay to the sun rising; but seeing the valley of Hinnom was to the south of Jerusalem, this seems rather to be the south gate; and a proper situation this was for the potters to dry and harden their pots. The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, leave it untranslated, and call it the gate Harsith or Hadsith:

and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee; for as yet it was not made known to him what he should do with his bottle, or say to the elders, until he came to the place he was ordered to.

m שער החרסית "portae fictilis", Munster, Pagninus. n "Portae solaris", Montanus, Piscator, Cocceius; so Ben Melech, and Stockius, p. 389.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The valley ... - See Jeremiah 7:31 note.

The east gate - Others render “the pottery gate.” Two gates led into the valley of Hinnom, the Fountain-gate at the southeast corner, and the Dung-gate on the southwest side of Zion; some think that “the east gate” was neither of these, but a small or postern gate, used for throwing out rubbish, the valley having been put to this degrading use from the time that Josiah defiled it 2 Kings 23:10. And thus the mean symbol of a proud nation was carried out through a back door to be broken upon the heaps of refuse already cast there.


 
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