Geremia 19:2

2 récati nella valle del figliuolo d’Hinnom ch’è all’ingresso della porta dei Vasai, e quivi proclama le parole che io ti dirò.

Geremia 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.

Geremia 19:2 In-Context

1 Così ha detto l’Eterno: Va’, compra una brocca di terra da un vasaio, e prendi teco alcuni degli anziani del popolo e degli anziani de’ sacerdoti;

2 récati nella valle del figliuolo d’Hinnom ch’è all’ingresso della porta dei Vasai, e quivi proclama le parole che io ti dirò.

3 Dirai così: Ascoltate la parola dell’Eterno, o re di Giuda, e abitanti di Gerusalemme! Così parla l’Eterno degli eserciti, l’Iddio d’Israele: Ecco io fo venire sopra questo luogo una calamità, che farà intronar gli orecchi di chi n’udrà parlare;

4 poiché m’hanno abbandonato, hanno profanato questo luogo, e vi hanno offerto profumi ad altri dèi, che né essi, né i loro padri, né i re di Giuda hanno conosciuti, e hanno riempito questo luogo di sangue d’innocenti;

5 hanno edificato degli alti luoghi a Baal, per bruciare nel fuoco i loro figliuoli in olocausto a Baal; cosa che io non avevo comandata, della quale non avevo parlato mai, e che non m’era mai venuta in cuore.