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Jeremiah 19:4 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 19 · verse 4
Because 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;Jeremiah 19:4 · King James Version
Jeremiah 19:4 in context
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,
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- estrangednâkarproperly, to scrutinizeH5234 →
- forsakenʻâzabto loosenH5800 →
- incenseqâṭarto smokeH6999 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- filledmâlêʼto fill or be full of, in a wide applicationH4390 →
- placemâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
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The corruption of man having made it necessary that precept should be upon precept, and line upon line (so unapt are we to receive, and so very apt to let slip, the things of God), the grace of God has provided that there shall be, accordingly, precept upon precept, and line upon line, that those who are irreclaimable…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9