And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
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Gill's Exposition
Then came Jeremiah from Tophet,.... When he had broke his earthen bottle, and delivered his prophecy before the elders of the people and priests: or, "from that Tophet" (t),
whither the Lord had…
Barnes' Notes
Because of all - literally, “with reference to all,” limiting the denunciation to those houses whose roofs had been defiled with altars. Upon whose roofs they have burned incense - See 2Ki 23:12,…
The message of wrath delivered in the foregoing verses is here enforced, that it might gain credit, two ways: -
I. By a visible sign. The prophet was to take along with him an earthen bottle (Jer…
Cambridge Bible
upon whose roofs Cp. Jer 32:29; 2Ki 23:12 (in which place the meaning probably is "on the roof [of the Temple]"); Zep 1:5. These were used for festivals (Jdg 16:27), for conference (1Sa 9:25 f.), for…
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