Jeremiah 19:12 meaning and explanation

This is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.

Jeremiah 19:12, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah has just smashed a clay jar before the elders and priests in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, at a site called Topheth where Judah had burned children as offerings to Baal. The shattering was a sign that the nation would break beyond repair.

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