Thus I will do to this place,” says the Lord, “and to its inhabitants, and make this city like Tophet.
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus will I do to this place,” says Yahweh, “and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth:
- KJV Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:
- BSB This is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.
- NASB This is how I will treat this place and its inhabitants,” declares the Lord, “so as to make this city like Topheth.
- NLT This is what I will do to this place and its people, says the Lord. I will cause this city to become defiled like Topheth.
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Quick answer
God will make Jerusalem itself like the defiled Topheth. The whole city will share the fate of its place of slaughter.
Overview
The Lord declares that he will treat the city and its people as he has treated Topheth, extending the defilement and judgment from the valley to all Jerusalem. The sin centered in one place will engulf the whole. This shows how unchecked idolatry spreads its corruption and judgment throughout a community.
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Cross-references · 2
- Jer 10:13when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings the wind out of his treasuries.
- Jer 11:5that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey,’ as it is today.” Then answered I, and said, “Amen, Yahweh.”
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