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Jeremiah 19:10

What does Jeremiah 19:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 19:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then let the potter's bottle be broken before the eyes of the men who have gone with you,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And thou hast broken the bottle before the eyes of the men who are going with thee,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And thou shalt break the bottle in the sight of the men that shall go with thee.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And thou shalt break the flagon in the sight of the men that go with thee,

Context

v.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.

v.10This passage

v.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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 19:1

    Thus said Jehovah, Go, and buy a potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;

  • Jeremiah 48:12

    Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will send unto him them that pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.

  • Jeremiah 51:63

    And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates:

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