1 Assim diz o Senhor: Vai, compra uma botija de oleiro e leva contigo alguns dos anciãos do povo e dos anciãos dos sacerdotes; 2 sai ao vale do filho de Hinom, que está à entrada da Porta do Oleiro, e apregoa ali as palavras que eu te disser; 3 e dize: Ouvi a palavra do Senhor, ó reis de Judá e moradores de Jerusalém. Assim diz o Senhor dos Exércitos, o Deus de Israel: Eis que trarei mal sobre este lugar, e quem quer que dele ouvir retinir-lhe-ão os ouvidos. 4 Porquanto me deixaram e profanaram este lugar, queimando nele incenso a outros deuses, que nunca conheceram, nem eles, nem seus pais, nem os reis de Judá; e encheram este lugar de sangue de inocentes; 5 e edificaram os altos de Baal, para queimarem os seus filhos no fogo em holocaustos a Baal, o que nunca lhes ordenei, nem falei, nem me passou pela mente. 6 Por isso, eis que vêm dias, diz o Senhor, em que este lugar já não se chamará Tofete, nem vale do filho de Hinom, mas o vale da Matança. 7 Porque dissiparei o conselho de Judá e de Jerusalém neste lugar e os farei cair à espada diante de seus inimigos e pela mão dos que procuram tirar-lhes a vida; e darei o seu cadáver por pasto às aves dos céus e aos animais da terra. 8 Porei esta cidade por espanto e objeto de assobios; todo aquele que passar por ela se espantará e assobiará, por causa de todas as suas pragas. 9 Fá-los-ei comer as carnes de seus filhos e as carnes de suas filhas, e cada um comerá a carne do seu próximo, no cerco e na angústia em que os apertarão os seus inimigos e os que buscam tirar-lhes a vida.

10 Então, quebrarás a botija à vista dos homens que foram contigo 11 e lhes dirás: Assim diz o Senhor dos Exércitos: Deste modo quebrarei eu este povo e esta cidade, como se quebra o vaso do oleiro, que não pode mais refazer-se, e os enterrarão em Tofete, porque não haverá outro lugar para os enterrar. 12 Assim farei a este lugar, diz o Senhor, e aos seus moradores; e farei desta cidade um Tofete. 13 As casas de Jerusalém e as casas dos reis de Judá serão imundas como o lugar de Tofete; também todas as casas sobre cujos terraços queimaram incenso a todo o exército dos céus e ofereceram libações a outros deuses.

14 Voltando, pois, Jeremias de Tofete, lugar para onde o enviara o Senhor a profetizar, se pôs em pé no átrio da Casa do Senhor e disse a todo o povo: 15 Assim diz o Senhor dos Exércitos, o Deus de Israel: Eis que trarei sobre esta cidade e sobre todas as suas vilas todo o mal que pronunciei contra ela, porque endureceram a cerviz, para não ouvirem as minhas palavras.

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; 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; 3 and say, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. 4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents, 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: 6 therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter. 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 dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth. 8 And 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. 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 distress, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their life, shall distress them.

10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, 11 and 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. 12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith Jehovah, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as 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.

14 Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, whither Jehovah had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Jehovah’s house, and said to all the people: 15 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.

1 This is what the LORD says: "Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take along some of the elders of the people and of the priests

2 and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. There proclaim the words I tell you,

3 and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, you kings of Judah and people of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Listen! I am going to bring a disaster on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle.

4 For they have forsaken me and made this a place of foreign gods; they have burned incense in it to gods that neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.

5 They have built the high places of Baal to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal —something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind.

6 So beware, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when people will no longer call this place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.

7 "'In this place I will ruin "the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, at the hands of those who want to kill them, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds and the wild animals.

8 I will devastate this city and make it an object of horror and scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.

9 I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another's flesh because their enemies will press the siege so hard against them to destroy them.'

10 "Then break the jar while those who go with you are watching,

11 and say to them, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says: I will smash this nation and this city just as this potter's jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.

12 This is what I will do to this place and to those who live here, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.

13 The houses in Jerusalem and those of the kings of Judah will be defiled like this place, Topheth —all the houses where they burned incense on the roofs to all the starry hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods.'"

14 Jeremiah then returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and stood in the court of the LORD's temple and said to all the people,

15 "This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'Listen! I am going to bring on this city and all the villages around it every disaster I pronounced against them, because they were stiff-necked and would not listen to my words.'"