The Church Fathers on this verse

Jeremiah 19:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Thus will I do to this place, saith the Lord, and to the inhabitants thereof: and I will make this city as Topheth.

Douay-Rheims

כֵּֽן־אֶעֱשֶׂ֞ה לַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּ֛ה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֖ה וּלְיֽוֹשְׁבָ֑יו וְלָתֵ֛ת אֶת־הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֖את כְּתֹֽפֶת׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Jerome of Stridon

4th centuryChurch Father

They will be laid to rest in Tophet, for there exists no other burial site. Thus declares the Lord: I will render this location and its inhabitants like Tophet, and I will transform this city into a ruin. The homes of Jerusalem and the residences of the kings of Judah will become like Tophet. However, it should be noted that the additional text from the Seventy that references all the houses of the kings of Judah as a place of Tophet does not appear in the Hebrew.

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