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God's Object Lessons in Jeremiah |
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Reference |
Object Lesson |
Significance |
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Branch of an almond tree |
God will carry out his threats of punishment. |
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Boiling pot, tipping southward |
God will punish Judah. |
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A useless linen belt |
Because the people refused to listen to God, they had become useless, good for nothing, like a useless linen belt. |
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Potter's clay |
God could destroy his sinful people if he so desired. This is a warning to them to repent before he is forced to bring judgment. |
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Broken clay jars |
God would smash Judah just as Jeremiah smashed the clay jars. |
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Two baskets of figs |
Good figs represent God's remnant. Bad figs are the people left behind. |
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Yoke |
Any nation who refused to submit to Babylon's yoke of control would be punished. |
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Large rocks |
The rocks marked the place where Nebuchadnezzar would set his throne when God allowed him to conquer Egypt. |
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Scroll sunk in the river |
Babylon would sink to rise no more. |
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