1. Thus hath the Lord said, Go and buy a potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the elders of the people and of the elders of the priests;
2. and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry by the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee.
3. Therefore thou shalt say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus saith the Lord of the hosts, God of Israel: Behold, I bring evil upon this place, such that whoever hears of it, his ears shall tingle.