Jeremiah 19

1 Thus said the LORD, Go, and buy a potter’s earthen bottle, and [take] of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;

Haec dicit Dominus: Vade, et accipe lagunculam figuli testeam a senioribus populi, et a senioribus sacerdotum:

2 and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee:

Et egredere ad vallem filii Ennom, quae est iuxta introitum portae fictilis: et praedicabis ibi verba, quae ego loquar ad te.

3 and say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.

Et dices: Audite verbum Domini reges Iuda, et habitatores Ierusalem: haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Ecce ego inducam afflictionem super locum istum, ita ut omnis, qui audierit illam, tinniant aures eius:

4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom they knew not, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;

Eo quod dereliquerint me, et alienum fecerint locum istum: et libaverunt in eo diis alienis, quos nescierunt ipsi, et patres eorum, et reges Iuda: et repleverunt locum istum sanguine innocentum.

5 and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings unto Baal; which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:

Et aedificaverunt excelsa Baalim ad comburendos filios suos igni in holocaustum Baalim: quae non praecepi, nec locutus sum, nec ascenderunt in cor meum.

6 therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.

Propterea ecce dies veniunt, dicit Dominus: et non vocabitur amplius locus iste, Topheth, et Vallis filii Ennom, sed Vallis occisionis.

7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

Et dissipabo consilium Iuda et Ierusalem in loco isto: et subvertam eos gladio in conspectu inimicorum suorum, et in manu quaerentium animas eorum: et dabo cadavera eorum escam volatilibus caeli, et bestiis terrae.

8 And I will make this city an astonishment, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

Et ponam civitatem hanc in stuporem, et in sibilum: omnis, qui praeterierit per eam, obstupescet, et sibilabit super universa plaga eius.

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 in the straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their life, shall straiten them.

Et cibabo eos carnibus filiorum suorum, et carnibus filiarum suarum: et unusquisque carnem amici sui comedet in obsidione, et in angustia, in qua concludent eos inimici eorum, et qui quaerunt animas eorum.

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

Et conteres lagunculam in oculis virorum, qui ibunt tecum.

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 in Topheth, till there be no place to bury.

Et dices ad eos: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Sic conteram populum istum et civitatem istam, sicut conteritur vas figuli, quod non potest ultra instaurari: et in Topheth sepelientur, eo quod non sit alius locus ad sepeliendum.

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

Sic faciam loco huic, ait Dominus, et habitatoribus eius: et ponam civitatem istam sicut Topheth.

13 and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even 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.

Et erunt domus Ierusalem, et domus regum Iuda sicut locus Topheth, immundae: omnes domus, in quarum domatibus sacrificaverunt omni militiae caeli, et libaverunt libamina diis alienis.

14 Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, 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:

Venit autem Ieremias de Topheth, quo miserat eum Dominus ad prophetandum, et stetit in atrio domus Domini, et dixit ad omnem populum:

15 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they might not hear my words.

Haec dicit Dominus exercituum Deus Israel: Ecce ego inducam super civitatem hanc, et super omnes urbes eius universa mala, quae locutus sum adversum eam: quoniam induraverunt cervicem suam ut non audirent sermones meos.