REVIEW OF CHAPTER ELEVEN I. Facts to Master 1. The place to which Jeremiah is directed to go (Jeremiah 18:2). 2. That which Israel was in the hand of God (Jeremiah 18:6). 3. The response of Israel to the prophet's call for repentance (Jeremiah 18:12). 4. The figure by which the prophet illu... [ Continue Reading ]
III. THE BROKEN VESSEL Jeremiah 19:1 to Jeremiah 20:6 In the parable of the potter and his clay the point was the possibility of remaking a vessel which has not met with approval; in chapter 19 the emphasis is on the destruction of a vessel which proves useless. Jeremiah first gathers the elders of... [ Continue Reading ]
B. The Symbolic Act and Its Interpretation Jeremiah 19:10-13 TRANSLATION (10) Then you shall shatter the bottle in the presence of the men who are accompanying you (11) and you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Like this I will break this people and this city as the potter might brea... [ Continue Reading ]
C. The Arrest of the Prophet Jeremiah 19:14 to Jeremiah 20:6 TRANSLATION (14) And Jeremiah went from Topheth where the LORD had sent him to prophesy and he stood in the court of the house of the LORD and spoke unto all the people. (15) Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am ab... [ Continue Reading ]