Thussaiththe LORD, Goand geta potter's earthenbottle, and take of the ancientsof the people, and of the ancientsof the priests; And go forthuntothe valleyof the sonof Hinnom, which is by the entryof the eastgate, and proclaimtherethe wordsthatI shall tellthee, And say, Hearye the wordof the LORD, O kingsof Judah, and inhabitantsof Jerusalem; Thussaiththe LORDof hosts, the Godof Israel; Behold, I will bringeviluponthisplace, the whichwhosoeverheareth, his earsshall tingle. Becausethey have forsakenme, and have estrangedthisplace, and have burned incensein it unto othergods, whomneithertheynor their fathershave known, nor the kingsof Judah, and have filledthisplacewith the bloodof innocents; They have builtalso the high placesof Baal, to burntheir sonswith fire for burnt offeringsunto Baal, whichI commandednot, norspoke it , neithercame it intomy mind: Therefore, behold, the dayscome, saiththe LORD, that thisplaceshall nomorebe calledTophet, nor The valleyof the sonof Hinnom, butThe valleyof slaughter. And I will make voidthe counselof Judahand Jerusalemin thisplace; and I will cause them to fallby the swordbeforetheir enemies, and by the handsof them that seektheir lives: and their carcasseswill I giveto be meatfor the fowlsof the heaven, and for the beastsof the earth. And I will makethiscitydesolate, and a hissing; every onethat passeththerebyshall be astonishedand hissbecauseof allthe plaguesthereof. And I will cause them to eatthe fleshof their sonsand the fleshof their daughters, and they shall eatevery onethe fleshof his friendin the siegeand straitness, wherewiththeir enemies, and they that seektheir lives, shall straitenthem. Then shalt thou breakthe bottlein the sightof the menthat gowiththee, And shalt sayuntothem, Thussaiththe LORDof hosts; Even sowill I breakthispeopleand thiscity, as one breaketha potter's vessel, thatcannotbe made wholeagain: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be noplaceto bury. Thuswill I dounto thisplace, saiththe LORD, and to the inhabitantsthereof, and even makethiscityas Tophet: And the housesof Jerusalem, and the housesof the kingsof Judah, shall bedefiledas the placeof Tophet, because of allthe housesuponwhoseroofsthey have burned incenseunto allthe hostof heaven, and have poured outdrink offeringsunto othergods. Then cameJeremiahfrom Tophet, whitherthe LORDhad senthim to prophesy; and he stoodin the courtof the LORD's house; and saidtoallthe people, Thussaiththe LORDof hosts, the Godof Israel; Behold, I will bringuponthiscityand uponallher townsallthe evilthatI have pronouncedagainstit, becausethey have hardenedtheir necks, that they might nothearmy words.