Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 19:2

2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom , which is by the entry of the east-gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee .

We shall hereafter hear why God commanded Ieremiah to go thither, rather then to another place, to break this earthen pot. This valley was a place very near unto Hierusalem, of which one Hinnon was owner in Ioshuah's time, Ios. 15.8. and 18.16. the valley is in Scripture sometimes called Ge-hinnom, from whence came the Greek word Gehenna ▪ used by our Saviour for Hell, Matth. 5.22. [non-Latin text not transcribed], because of the hellish torments they there put their children to when they Sacrificed them, and of the hellish cryes they made.

In the Hebrew it is the Sun-gate, supposed to be so called, because the Sun riseth in the East. This valley is said to have lien very near to this gate; thither Ieremy is commanded to go, and there to proclaim the following words.

Marginal references: Heb. Sun-gate.