瓦瓶的比喻
1耶和華對我說： 2「你去向陶匠買一個瓦瓶，帶著百姓和祭司中的一些首領到哈珥西19·2 「哈珥西」意思是「碎陶片」。城門旁的欣嫩子谷，在那裡宣告我的話。 3你要說，『猶大王和耶路撒冷的居民啊，你們要聽耶和華的話！以色列的上帝——萬軍之耶和華說，看啊，我要在這裡降下災禍，聽見這消息的人都必耳鳴。 4因為他們背棄了我，玷污了這地方。他們向自己、自己的祖先及猶大君王都不認識的神明燒香，使這地方流滿了無辜人的血。 5他們為巴力建邱壇，燒死自己的兒子作燔祭獻給巴力。我從未吩咐他們這樣做，連提都沒提過，連想都沒想過。 6因此，看啊，時候將到，這地方不再叫陀斐特或欣嫩子谷，要叫殺戮谷。這是耶和華說的。 7我要在這地方挫敗猶大人和耶路撒冷居民的計謀，使他們喪身在敵人刀下，死在仇敵手中，屍體成為飛鳥和野獸的食物。 8我必摧毀這城，使它令人驚懼、嗤笑，它的滿目瘡痍必令路人驚懼、嗤笑。 9我必使他們在敵人的圍困之下陷入絕境，吃兒女和親友的肉。』
10「耶利米啊，你要在同去的人面前打碎瓦瓶， 11然後告訴他們萬軍之耶和華說，『我要把這百姓和這城打得粉碎，正如人打碎瓦瓶一樣，再也不能修復。人們要在陀斐特埋死人，直到無處可埋。 12我必這樣懲罰這城和其中的居民，使這城像陀斐特一樣。這是耶和華說的。 13耶路撒冷的房屋和猶大君王的宮殿將被玷污，像陀斐特一樣，因為他們在房頂向天上的萬象燒香，向別的神明奠酒。』」
14耶利米奉耶和華之命到陀斐特說預言回來後，站在耶和華殿的院子中對百姓說： 15「以色列的上帝——萬軍之耶和華說，『看啊，我要把我說過的災禍降在這城及其周圍的村莊，因為他們頑固不化，不肯聽我的話。』」
1Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; 2And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,19.2 the east…: Heb. the sun gate 3And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. 4Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; 5They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind: 6Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter. 7And 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 hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. 8And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof. 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 straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
10Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, 11And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD 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 them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.19.11 be made…: Heb. be healed 12Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet: 13And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of 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. 14Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD’s house; and said to all the people, 15Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
