Jeremiah 19-21 - The Broken Jar

The Broken Jar

Jer 19:9 LSB – [9] "I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they will eat one another's flesh in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their life will distress them."'

Jer 19:10-11 LSB – [10] "Then you are to break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you, [11] and you shall say to them, 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts, "Just so will I break this people and this city, even as one breaks a potter's vessel, which cannot again be repaired; and they will bury in Topheth because there is no [other] place for burial.

Jeremiah Persecuted by Pashhur

Jer 20:9 LSB – [9] But if I say, "I will not remember Him Or speak anymore in His name," Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; And I am weary of holding [it] in, And I cannot prevail.

Jerusalem Will Fall to Nebuchadnezzar

Jer 21:9 LSB – [9] "He who inhabits this city will die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence; but he who goes out and falls away to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live, and he will have his own life as spoil.