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Jeremiah 19:12 Cross-References

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

Jeremiah 19:12 (KJV)

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Commentary on Jeremiah 19:12

God explains the symbolic act: "Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet." Just as the pottery jar was irreparably shattered, so Jerusalem will be irrecoverably broken. The comparison to Tophet is devastating—the city will become like the detested child-sacrifice site, associated with abomination and judgment. What was meant to be God's holy city becomes synonymous with the place of His fierce wrath.The comprehensive nature of judgment appears in "this place" and "the inhabitants thereof"—both the physical city and its po...

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