JEREMIAH’S PROPHETIC LESSONS TO THE PEOPLE

It was Yahweh's command that Jeremiah perform a series of prophetic acts to prophesy future events. In Hebrew this is known as an ot. Jeremiah became a living parable revealing the sins of the people and foretelling future events. Jeremiah gives 12 different homilies and 10 different such object lessons for the people:

SCRIPTURE REFERENCE	OBJECT LESSON	SIGNIFICANCE
Jeremiah 1:11, 12	Branch of an almond tree	God will carry out His threats of punishment
Jeremiah 1:13	Boiling pot tilting away from the North	God will punish Judah with an invasion from the North
Jeremiah 13:1-11	A ruined linen belt	Because the people refuse to listen to God they had become useless like a ruined linen belt.
Jeremiah 8:1-17	The Potter's Clay	God will destroy His sinful people He had created unless they repent before it is too late
Jeremiah 19:1-12	Broken clay jars	God will smash Judah just as Jeremiah smashed the clay jars.
Jeremiah 24:1-10	Two baskets of figs	Good figs represent God's holy remnant. Poor figs are the people left behind
Jeremiah 27:2-11	The Yoke	A nation who refuses to submit to Babylon's yoke will be destroyed
Jeremiah 32:6-25	The purchased field	Yahweh commands Jeremiah to purchase a field in the city of Jerusalem just before the fall of the city as a sign that the people will return to their land
Jeremiah 43:8-13	The Large Stones	The stones marked the place where the Babylonian king will set his throne when God allows him to conquer Egypt.
Jeremiah 51:59-64	The Scroll sunk in the river	Babylon will also be judged by Yahweh and will sink and rise no more.