a jug Heb. בַּקְבֻּק.

potter’s earthen That is to say, of a potter, which is of earthenware.

and some of the elders of the people take along with you. “And of the elders of the people” refers back to ‘Go,’ and some of the elders of the people with you.

the Harsith Gate The Dung Gate, where broken pottery is cast, and Jonathan rendered in this manner תְרַע קִלְקַלְתָּא.

his ears will tingle (tinter in French), an expression similar to “cymbals” (מְצִלְתַּיִם) (Neh. 12: 27), “with loud sounding cymbals (בְּצִלְצְלֵי ֹשָמַע)” (Psalms 150:5).

and they estranged They made it strange before Me.

And I will frustrate and I will empty, an expression similar to (Nahum 2:11), “She is empty and void (בּוּקָה וּמְבוּקָה),” and because of the jug (בַּקְבֻּק) about which he is speaking, he adopted this expression.

the straits An expression of pain, like צוקה.

(which can no longer be repaired This refers to the people, but the city I will make like the Topheth and purify it in the future.)

this city like the Topheth All of it will be full of the slain just as the Topheth, where they slay the children for Molech.