The name “Jeremiah” means “whom Jehovah appoints.” It was God's calling and grace that kept Jeremiah faithful as he ministered during the last forty years of Judah's history until they were taken into captivity (586 B. C.). His task was to sound the death knell for his nation.
Jeremiah and Jesus had many similarities: Neither married and both were rejected by their own people. Jeremiah ministered under the menacing shadow of Babylon, Jesus under the shadow of Rome. Jeremiah was viciously opposed by the false prophets, Jesus by the scribes and Pharisees. Both wept over the city of Jerusalem, and both predicted its ruin. Jeremiah gathered a few disciples about him as did Jesus. Both were arrested falsely and persecuted. Both emphasized a religion of the heart and not one of outward ceremonies.
In chapter 18 the prophet visits the potter's house and watches him mold the clay, while in chapter 19 he takes a completed vessel and breaks it in the Valley of Hinnom. The first event pictures God's grace; the second, His judgment. This parable illustrates how different people respond to God.
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