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Jeremiah 19:1

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Thus said Yahweh, Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and [take] of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;

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Jerusalem was Judah’s capital, while the Potsherd Gate likely opened toward the Valley of Hinnom, south of the city. Jeremiah was to proclaim God’s judgment at Topheth there, a site associated with child sacrifice, using a clay jar to dramatize Jerusalem’s coming destruction.

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Jeremiah 19:1 mentions Jerusalem, Potsherd Gate, Topheth and Valley of Hinnom.

Jerusalem · Godot13
Potsherd Gate · Godot13
Valley of Hinnom · Dror Feitelson

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