Jeremías 19:2

2 y ve al valle de Ben Hinón, que está a la entrada de la puerta de los Alfareros, y proclama allí las palabras que yo te comunicaré.

Jeremías 19:2 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 19:2

And go forth into the valley of the son of Hinnom
To whom it formerly belonged, and so it was called as early as Joshua's time, ( Joshua 15:8 ) ; from the faith and abomination of the place, and the shocking torments here exercised, "hell", from hence, in the New Testament, is called "Gehenna": here the prophet with the elders were to go, for reasons after mentioned; because here their cruel idolatries were committed, and Jerusalem was to be made like unto it for pollution and bloodshed: which [is] by the entry of the east gate;
the way to it out of Jerusalem lay through the east gate of the city. The Targum calls it "the dung gate"; through which the filth of the city was carried out, and laid near it, and where lay the potter's sherds; hence some render it the "potsherd" gate ^F13; or rather it should be the potter's gate; for that reason, because the potter's field and house lay near it, from whence the prophet had his earthen bottle; others call it the "sun gate" ^F14, because it lay to the sun rising; but seeing the valley of Hinnom was to the south of Jerusalem, this seems rather to be the south gate; and a proper situation this was for the potters to dry and harden their pots. The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, leave it untranslated, and call it the gate Harsith or Hadsith: and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee;
for as yet it was not made known to him what he should do with his bottle, or say to the elders, until he came to the place he was ordered to.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 (tyorxh rev) "portae fictilis", Munster, Pagninus.
F14 "Portae solaris", Montanus, Piscator, Cocceius; so Ben Melech, and Stockius, p. 389.

Jeremías 19:2 In-Context

1 Así dice el SEÑOR: «Ve a un alfarero, y cómprale un cántaro de barro. Pide luego que te acompañen algunos de los ancianos del pueblo y de los ancianos de los sacerdotes,

2 y ve al valle de Ben Hinón, que está a la entrada de la puerta de los Alfareros, y proclama allí las palabras que yo te comunicaré.

3 Diles: “Reyes de Judá y habitantes de Jerusalén, escuchen la palabra del SEÑOR. Así dice el SEÑORTodopoderoso, el Dios de Israel: ‘Haré venir tal calamidad sobre este lugar, que a todo el que se entere le zumbarán los oídos.

4 Porque ellos me han abandonado. Han profanado este lugar, quemando en él incienso a otros dioses que no conocían ni ellos ni sus antepasados ni los reyes de Judá. Además, han llenado de sangre inocente este lugar.

5 Han construido santuarios paganos en honor de Baal, para quemar a sus hijos en el fuego como holocaustos a Baal, cosa que yo jamás les ordené ni mencioné, ni jamás me pasó por la mente.