Jer 19:7-12 | NASB1995 | STEP | “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 those who seek their life ; and I will give over their carcasses as food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth .

Jeremiah 19:7-12

7 “I will ^amake void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and ^bI will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life; and I will give over their ^ccarcasses as food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth. 8 “I will also make this city a ^ddesolation and an object of hissing; ^eeveryone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its ^{▼▼ Lit blows}disasters. 9 “I will make them ^geat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their life will distress them.”’

10 “Then you are to break the ^hjar in the sight of the men who accompany you 11 and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Just so will I ⁱbreak this people and this city, even as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot again be repaired; and they will ^jbury in Topheth ^{▼▼ Or until there is no place left to bury}because there is no other place for burial. 12 “This is how I will treat this place and its inhabitants,” declares the Lord, “so as to make this city like Topheth.