Made whole again - literally, “healed.” In this lies the distinction between this symbol and that of Jeremiah 18:4. The plastic clay can be …

The Prophet again confirms what he had shown by the external symbol, and he does this by a new command from God.

We know that signs are whol…

And shall say unto them, thus says the Lord of hosts
Of armies above and below; and so able to execute what he here …

The potter's vessel, after it is hardened, can never be mended when it is broken. And as the bottle was broken, so will Judah and Jerusalem be brok…

Here, the prophet signifies the previously mentioned punishment through an action.

1. He describes the action: you shall break th…