12Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:


In Context

9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.

10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.

12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:

13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

14 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,

Jeremiah 19:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:12This is what I will do to this place and to those who live here, declares the Lord . I will make this city like Topheth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:12Thus will I do to this place, saith the Lord, and to the inhabitants thereof: and I will make this city as Topheth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:12Thus will I do unto this place, saith Jehovah, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as Topheth:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12Thus will I do unto this place, saith Jehovah, and to the inhabitants thereof, and make this city as Topheth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:12Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as Topheth:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12Thus will I do to this place, saith the LORD, and to its inhabitants, and even make this city as Tophet:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12Thus will I do to this place, says Yahweh, and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:12so I do to this place — an affirmation of Jehovah — and to its inhabitants, so as to make this city as Tophet;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:12Thus will I do to this place, said the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet: