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Jeremiah 19:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Jeremiah 19:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 19
Symbol of the Broken Jug. 1 Thus said the Lord: Go forth and purchase a potter’s earthenware jug. Then take along with you some of the elders of the people and some of the priests, 2 and go forth to the Valley of Ben-hinnom,[a] close to the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. 3 There proclaim the words I tell you: Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. This is the message of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I am prepared to bring such disaster upon this place that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.
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- Jeremiah 19:2 The Valley of Ben-hinnom: the scene of the prophet’s symbolic action (see Jer 7:32—8:2) had been declared unholy by King Josiah and had begun to be the rubbish dump for the city. It would later be known as the Valley of Gehenna.
