Jeremiah 19

The original text was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 15 verses.

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=35-37}} Some fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e., 4QJer^a (4Q70; 225-175 BCECross, F.M. apud Freedman, D.N.; Mathews, K.A. (1985). The Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus Scroll (11QpaleoLev). Winona Lake, Indiana. p. 55{{cite book |last = Sweeney |first = Marvin A. |title =Form and Intertextuality in Prophetic and Apocalyptic Literature |volume = 45 |series=Forschungen zum Alten Testament

|issn = 0940-4155 |edition=reprint |publisher= Wipf and Stock Publishers |year= 2010 |pages=66

|isbn=9781608994182|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KIxMAwAAQBAJ }}) with the extant verse 1,{{sfn|Fitzmyer|2008|p=37}} and 4QJer^c (4Q72; 1st century BC)"The Evolution of a Theory of the Local Texts" in Cross, F.M.; Talmon, S. (eds) (1975) Qumran and the History of Biblical Text (Cambridge, MA - London). p.308 n. 8 with extant verses 8-9 (similar to Masoretic Text).{{cite journal| last= Tov| first = Emanuel |journal = Revue de Qumrân

| issue = 2 (54) | pages = 189–206 | publisher = Editions Gabalda | title = The Jeremiah Scrolls from Qumran | volume = 14 | year = 1989 | issn = 0035-1725 | jstor = 24608791 }}

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There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; $\backslash mathfrak\{G\}$^B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: $\backslash mathfrak\{G\}$^S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; $\backslash mathfrak\{G\}$^A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; $\backslash mathfrak\{G\}$^Q; 6th century).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=73-74}}

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex.As reflected in the [http://mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et0.htm Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English]. Jeremiah 19 is a part of the Seventh prophecy (Jeremiah 18-20) in the section of Prophecies of Destruction (Jeremiah 1-25). {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah.

: {S} 19:1-5 {P} 19:6-13 {P} 19:14 {S} 19:15 [20:1-3 {S}]

:Thus says the Lord: "Go and get a potter’s earthen flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests."{{bibleref2|Jeremiah|19:1|NKJV}} NKJV

• "Take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests": In the King James Version: take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests,{{bibleverse|Jeremiah|19:1|KJV}} KJV in the Septuagint, "take some of the elders of the people, and [some] of the priests" ({{langx|el|ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερέων}}).{{Cite web|url=https://biblehub.com/sepd/jeremiah/19.htm|title=Jeremiah 19 Swete's Septuagint|website=biblehub.com}}

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: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,{{bibleref2|Jeremiah|19:2|NKJV}} NKJV

• Cross references: Jeremiah 7:31, 19:6
• "The valley of the Son of Hinnom": from {{langx|he|גיא בן הנם}}, {{Strong-number|gê|H|1516}} {{Strong-number|ḇen|H|1121}}-{{Strong-number|hin-nōm|H|2011}},[https://biblehub.com/text/jeremiah/19-2.htm Hebrew Text Analysis: Jeremiah 19:2]. Biblehub located very near to Jerusalem, of which a certain Hinnom was owner in Joshua's time ({{bibleverse|Joshua|15:8|KJV}}; {{bibleverse-nb|Joshua|18:16|KJV}}), later is known as "Ge-hinnom" ("the valley of Hinnom"), that became the Greek word Gehenna, used by Jesus in Matthew 5:22.Poole, Matthew, A Commentary on the Holy Bible. [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/poole/jeremiah/19.htm "Jeremiah 19"], accessed on 22 August 2019. The site was 'the scene of the most hateful form of idolatry' (Jeremiah 7:31), perhaps also connected locally with the potter's field. (cf. Matthew 27:7).Ellicott, C. J. (Ed.) 1905). [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/19.htm Ellicott's Bible Commentary for English Readers. Jeremiah 19.] London : Cassell and Company, Limited, [1905-1906] Online version: (OCoLC) 929526708. Accessed 28 April 2019.

: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.{{bibleverse|Jeremiah|19:6|KJV}} KJV

• Cross references: {{bibleverse|Joshua|15:8|KJV}}; {{bibleverse-nb|Joshua|18:16|KJV}}; Jeremiah 7:31, 19:2

Using the setting of the valley, Jeremiah prophecies the people's horrible future that make them "resort to cannibalism", as one of the "curses for covenant violation" ({{bibleverse|Leviticus|26:29|KJV}}; {{bibleverse|Deuteronomy|28:53|KJV}}).{{sfn|Coogan|2007|pp=1108-1109 Hebrew Bible}}

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• Israel
• Jeremiah
• Jerusalem
• Judah
• Tophet
• Valley of the Son of Hinnom}}
• Related Bible parts: Jeremiah 7, Lamentations 2, Lamentations 4, Ezekiel 5

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• [http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1119.htm Jeremiah 19 Hebrew with Parallel English]

• [http://www.latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=0&b=28&c=19 Jeremiah 19 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003164721/http://www.latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=0&b=28&c=19 |date=2017-10-03 }}

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