Jeremiah 19:1 (NIV) This is
what the LORD says: ÒGo and buy a clay
jar from a potter. Take along some of the elders
of the people and of the priests 2 and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. There proclaim the words I tell youÉThen break the jar while those who go with you are watching, 11 and
say to them, ÔThis is what the LORD Almighty says: I
will smash this nation and this city just
as this potter's jar is smashed and
cannot be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.ÕÓ