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Jeremiah 19:14

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:

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:
Bible in Basic English
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,
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:
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 shalt thou break the bottle, before the eyes of the men who are walking with thee; 11 and shalt say unto them - Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts - Thus and thus, will I break this people, and this city, As one breaketh the vessel of a potter, which cannot be made whole any more, - And in Topheth, shall they bury, for want of place to bury. 12 Thus, will I do to this place Declareth Yahweh, And to the inhabitants thereof, - Even making this city like Topheth: 13 Yea, the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall like the place of Topheth, be places defiled, - even all the houses upon whose roofs they burned incense to all the host of the heavens, and poured out drink-offerings to other gods. 14 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: 15 Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Behold me! brining in against this city, and upon all the cities thereof, The whole calamity which I have pronounced against her, - Because they stiffened their neck, that they might not hear 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
Ere yet they lay down, the men of the city - the men of Sodom, had come round against the house, from youth even unto age, - all the people from every quarter,
Genesis 19:8
Behold, I pray you, I, have two daughters who have not known man, I must needs now bring, them, forth unto you, and do ye to them, as may be good in your eyes, - Only to these men, ye may do nothing; for on this account, have they come under the shade of my roof.
Genesis 19:12
And the men said unto Lot, Whom besides hast thou here? Son-in-law and thy sons and thy daughters, and all that thou hast in the city, bring thou forth out of the place;
Genesis 19:14
And Lot went forth and spake unto his sons-in - law who were about to take his two daughters and said Arise come forth out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city. And it came to pass, that he was as one that laughed, in the eyes of his sons-in-law.
Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass when they had brought them forth outside, that they said, Escape for thy life, Look not behind thee, neither stand still in all the vale, - To the mountain, escape thou lest thou be swept away.
Genesis 19:22
Haste thee escape thither, for I cannot do anything, until thou have come in thither. For this cause: was the name of the city called Zoar.
Genesis 19:28
and he looked out over the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and over all the face of the land of the circuit, and beheld and lo! the smoke of the land went up, like the smoke of a furnace.
Genesis 19:30
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain and his two daughters with him. for he feared to dwell in Zoar, so he dwelt in a cave, he, and his two daughters.
Exodus 9:21
but, whoso applied not his heart unto the word of Yahweh, left his servants and his cattle in the field.
Exodus 12:31
So he called for Moses and for Aaron by night and said - Rise ye, go forth out of the midst of my people, both ye and the sons of Israel, - and go serve Yahweh according to your word;

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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