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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.” 2The people’s amusement turns to shocked silence. Jeremiahcontinues the prophecy of judgment. He ra<strong>is</strong>es the clay jar highabove h<strong>is</strong> head and throws it violently to the ground. The jarsmashes. The broken pieces of clay lay at the feet of the priests andthe rulers. A moment passes, then another. A sense of doom settleson the crowd. Through tears the prophet concludes, “Even so will Ibreak th<strong>is</strong> people and th<strong>is</strong> city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, thatcannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet,till there be no place to bury.”3From there, Jeremiah went directly to the Lord’s house andpreached in the outward court where all the people could hear. Theprophet publicly denounced the sin of child sacrifice where the2Jer. 19:3­6.3 Jer. 19:11281

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