A   Morouer, thus saide the LORDE vnto Ieremy: Go thy waye, and bye the an erthen pytcher, and bringe forth the Senatours and chefe prestes in to the valley of the children off Ennon, which lieth before the porte that is made of brick, ∧ shewe them there the wordes, that I shall tell the, and saye thus vnto them: Heare the worde of the LORDE, ye kinges of Iuda, &abar;d ye citesyns of Ierusalem: Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel: Beholde, I will bringe soch a plage vpon this place, that þe; eares of all that heare it, shal glowe. And that because they haue forsak&ebar; me, ^note and vnhalowed this place, and haue offred in it vnto straunge goddes: wh&obar; nether they, their fathers, ner the kinges off Iuda haue knowne. ^noteThey haue filled this place also &wt; the bloude of innocentes, for they haue set vp an aulter vnto Baal, to burne their children for a burntoffringe vnto Baal, which I nether commaunded, ner charged them, nether thought once there vpon.

B    ^noteBeholde therfore, þe; tyme c&obar;meth (saieth the LORDE) þt; this place shal no more be called Tophet, ner þe; valley of þe; childr&ebar; of Enn&obar;, but þe; valley of slaughter. For in this place wil I slaye the Senatours of Iuda ∧ Ierusal&ebar;, ∧ kill th&ebar; downe &wt; the swearde in þe; sight of their enemies, &abar;d of them that seke their lyues. And their deed carca es wil I geue to be meate for the foules of the ayre, and beestes of the felde. And I wil make this cite so desolate, &abar;d despysed: that who so goeth there by, shal be aba&esset;hed ∧ geast vpon her, because of all hir plages. ^note

^noteI will fede them also &wt; the flesh of their sonnes ∧ their doughters. ^noteYee euery one shal eate vp another in the beseginge ∧ straytnesse, wher &wt; their enemies (þt; seke their lyues) shal kepe th&ebar; in. C   And the pitcher shalt thou breake in the sight of the m&ebar;, þt; shalbe &wt; the, and saye vnto th&ebar;: Thus saieth the LORDE off hoostes: Eu&ebar; so wil I destroye this people ∧ cite: as a Potter breaketh a vessel, that can not be made whole agayne. ^note

^noteIn Tophet shal they be buried, for they shal haue none other place. Thus wil I do vnto this place also, saieth the LORDE, and to th&ebar; þt; dwell there in: yee I wil do to this cite, as vnto Tophet (For the houses of Ierusal&ebar; ∧ the houses of the kinges of Iuda are defyled, like as Tophet,) because off all the houses, in whose parlers they dyd sacrifice vnto all the hooste of heau&ebar;, and poured out drynke offringes vnto straunge goddes.
And so Ieremy came from Tophet, where

the LORDE had sent him to prophecie, and stode in the courte off the house off the LORDE, and spake to all the people: Thus saieth the LORDE off hoostes the God of Israel: Beholde, I will bringe vpon this cite and vpon euery towne aboute it, all the plages that I haue deuysed agaynst them: for they haue bene obstinate, &abar;d wolde not obeye my warnynges. ^note

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