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