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Jeremiah 19:10

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Jeremiah 19:10 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
Jeremiah 19:10 — American Standard Version

Context — Jeremiah 19

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
7And 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 dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.
8And I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
9And 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 distress, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their life, shall distress them.
10Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
11and shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah 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.
12Thus will I do unto this place, saith Jehovah, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as Topheth:
13and 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.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Then shall thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee.] The earthen bottle he was bid to get of the potter, (<241901>Jeremiah 19:1); this he is ordered to break in pieces before the eyes of the ancients of and of the priests that went with him out Jerusalem to Tophet, as an emblem of the easy, sure, and utter destruction of Jerusalem; for nothing is more easily broken than an earthen vessel; and so easily was Jerusalem destroyed by the Chaldean army; nor can an earthen pot resist any force that is used against it; nor could the inhabitants of Jerusalem withstand the force of Nebuchadnezzar’s army; and an earthen vessel once broken cannot be put together again; a new one…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“break . . . bottle--a symbolical action, explained in Jer 19:11. the men--the elders of the people and of the priests (Jer 19:1; compare Jer 51:63-64).”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“19:10-13 Judah, the nation that these leaders represented, would be utterly shattered and broken beyond all hope of repair. Never again would Judah be a sovereign nation with a Davidic king (see 33:17-18), and the city of Jerusalem would be defiled like Topheth, the unclean valley (see study note on 7:30-34).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Jer 48:12, Jer 51:63, Jer 51:64 Jeremiah 19:11”
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