Jeremiah 19

Jeremiah 19:1

THE SIGN OF THE BROKEN VESSELIn the first verse of chapter 19 God sends Jeremiah to get a potter’s earthen bottle and tells him to take elders of the people and of the priests with him as witnesses. “The valley of the son of Hinnom” was at this time the place where the horrible worship of Moloch was conducted. God spells it out for them

Jeremiah 19:4

Because of these things, God says that the valley of the son of Hinnom would soon be known as the valley of slaughter, because as they had killed their children as offerings to Baal and Moloch, God would allow their enemies to kill them there (see vv. Jer_19:6-9). After pronouncing this frightful judgment upon the people of Jerusalem, God directed Jeremiah to break the clay bottle in the sight of the witnesses

Jeremiah 19:11

Returning from Tophet, or the valley of Hinnom, Jeremiah went to the court of the Lord’s house and gave this final word:

Jeremiah 19:15

He had warned, pleaded, and entreated, but their hearts were unrelenting. The clay had resisted the hand of the Potter too long. Very soon the enemy would come and shatter the nation in pieces.