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and shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter`s vessel, that can`t be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, until there be no place to bury.
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A Point of No Return
Commentators emphasize the contrast with the potter's clay in Jeremiah 18. There, the clay was still soft and could be reshaped. Here, the vessel is fired, hardened, and shattered. This symbolizes a judgment that is final and irreparable for a people who have become obstinate in their sin, a point of no return.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Made whole again - literally, “healed.” In this lies the distinction between this symbol and that of Jeremiah 18:4. The plastic clay can be …
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And shall say unto them, thus says the Lord of hosts Of armies above and below; and so able to execute what he here …
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet signifies the previously mentioned punishment through an action.
He describes the action: you shall break th…
