"Thisis howI will treatthisplaceand its inhabitants,"declaresthe LORD,"so as to makethiscitylike Topheth.
When He uttersHis voice,[there is] a tumultof watersin the heavens,And He causes the cloudsto ascendfrom the endof the earth;He makeslightningfor the rain,And bringsout the windfrom His storehouses.
in orderto confirmthe oathwhichI sworeto your forefathers,to givethem a landflowingwith milkand honey,as [it is] thisday."'"Then I said,"Amen,O LORD."
and sayto them, 'Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"Justsowill I breakthispeopleand thiscity,evenas one breaksa potter'svessel,whichcannotagainbe repaired;and they will buryin Tophethbecausethereis no[other] placefor burial.
"The housesof Jerusalemand the housesof the kingsof Judahwill be defiledlike the placeTopheth,because of allthe houseson whoserooftopsthey burnedsacrificesto allthe heavenlyhostand pouredout drinkofferingsto othergods."'"
