Jeremiah 19:10
New International Version
“Then break the jar while those who go with you are watching,

New Living Translation
“As these men watch you, Jeremiah, smash the jar you brought.

English Standard Version
“Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you,

Berean Standard Bible
Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,

King James Bible
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

New King James Version
“Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you,

New American Standard Bible
“Then you are to break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you,

NASB 1995
“Then you are to break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you

NASB 1977
“Then you are to break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you

Legacy Standard Bible
“Then you are to break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you,

Amplified Bible
“Then you are to break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you,

Christian Standard Bible
“Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the people going with you,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
“Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the people traveling with you,

American Standard Version
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah, as soon as you have said this, smash the jar while the people are watching.

English Revised Version
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[The LORD says,] "Then smash the jar in front of the men who went with you.

Good News Translation
Then the LORD told me to break the jar in front of those who had gone with me

International Standard Version
"Then you are to break the jug in front of the men who have come with you,

Majority Standard Bible
Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,

NET Bible
The LORD continued, "Now break the jar in front of those who have come here with you.

New Heart English Bible
Then you shall break the bottle in the sight of the men who go with you,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

World English Bible
“Then you shall break the container in the sight of the men who go with you,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
“And you have broken the bottle before the eyes of the men who are going with you,

Young's Literal Translation
'And thou hast broken the bottle before the eyes of the men who are going with thee,

Smith's Literal Translation
And break the bottle before the eyes of the men going with thee,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt break the bottle in the sight of the men that shall go with thee.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And you shall crush the bottle in the sight of the men who will go with you.

New American Bible
And you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who went with you,

New Revised Standard Version
Then you shall break the jug in the sight of those who go with you,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Then you shall break a pot in the sight of the men who go with you,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And break the pitcher before the eyes of the men who go with you
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou shalt break the bottle in the sight of the men that go forth with thee,
Audio Bible



Context
The Broken Jar
9I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’ 10Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you, 11and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.…

Cross References
Isaiah 30:14
It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”

Psalm 2:9
You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”

Revelation 2:27
He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.

Revelation 19:15
And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

Isaiah 45:9
Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?

Hosea 8:8
Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.

2 Kings 21:13
I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.

Lamentations 4:2
How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

Matthew 21:44
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

Daniel 2:34-35
As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them. / Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

Daniel 2:44
In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.

Isaiah 41:25
I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.

Isaiah 29:16
You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?

Romans 9:21
Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?

2 Corinthians 4:7
Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.


Treasury of Scripture

Then shall you break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with you,

Jeremiah 48:12
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.

Jeremiah 51:63,64
And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: …

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Jeremiah 19
1. Under the type of breaking a potter's vessel, is foreshown the desolation of the Jews














Then you are to shatter the jar
Then you are to shatter
The directive "Then you are to shatter" is a command given by God to the prophet Jeremiah. The Hebrew root for "shatter" is "שָׁבַר" (shabar), which means to break or destroy. This action is symbolic, representing the impending judgment and destruction that God is about to bring upon Jerusalem and its people due to their persistent idolatry and disobedience. The act of shattering signifies irreparable damage, illustrating the severity of God's judgment. In a broader theological context, this serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God's covenant and the seriousness with which God views sin.

the jar
The "jar" refers to an earthenware vessel, which in the context of Jeremiah 19, symbolizes the people of Judah and Jerusalem. In ancient times, pottery was a common household item, fragile and easily broken, representing the vulnerability of the people when they are not under God's protection. The jar, once shattered, cannot be made whole again, symbolizing the finality of God's judgment upon those who refuse to repent. This imagery is powerful, as it conveys the message that just as a broken jar cannot be restored, so too will the nation face consequences that cannot be undone. Theologically, it underscores the importance of obedience and the dire consequences of persistent rebellion against God.

(10) Then shalt thou break the bottle . . .--Those who heard the prophet and saw his act were not unfamiliar with the imagery. The words of Psalm 2:9 had portrayed the Messianic king as ruling over the nations, even as "breaking them in pieces like a potter's vessel." But it was a new and strange thing to hear these words applied to themselves, to see their own nation treated, not as the potter's clay that could be remodelled, as in Jeremiah 18:1-6, either for a nobler, or, at least, for some serviceable use, but as the vessel which once broken could never be restored. Happily for Israel, there was a depth of Divine compassion which the parable failed to represent. The after-history showed that though, as far as that generation went, the punishment was final, and their existing polity could never be made whole again, there was yet hope for the nation. The things that were "impossible with man" were "possible with God." The fragments of the broken vessel might be gathered from the heap of rubbish on which the prophet had flung them, and brought into a new shape, for uses less glorious indeed than that for which it had been originally designed, but far other than those of a mere vessel of dishonour.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then you are to shatter
וְשָׁבַרְתָּ֖ (wə·šā·ḇar·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

the jar
הַבַּקְבֻּ֑ק (hab·baq·buq)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1228: A bottle

in the presence
לְעֵינֵי֙ (lə·‘ê·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - cdc
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

of the men
הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים (hā·’ă·nā·šîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 582: Man, mankind

who accompany
הַהֹלְכִ֖ים (ha·hō·lə·ḵîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

you,
אוֹתָֽךְ׃ (’ō·w·ṯāḵ)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among


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