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In Jeremiah 9:1-26 , the prophet, began his lamentation because he saw the inevitable catastrophe coming to his country and people. God pronounced judgment over Jerusalem, and when God says something, He does it. What they would face wasn't something that was going to happen by accident or by chance, was going to be designed by God.   It was not just one of those terrible and inexplicable things that happen from time to time. What they would face was going to be the direct judgment of God. And it was this realization that was causing Jeremiah such sorrow. They were bring this catastrophe on themselves.   It was not God being vindictive, it was them bringing this on themselves. The cross should be a revelation to our dull senses of the pain that sin has brought to the heart of God our Creator.   But, like in the time of Jeremiah, people continue to ignore this fact. When there comes the calamities that are sure to result from our separation from God, it is ...

What crucial truths are taught from these verses and the symbolism found there? (See Gen. 2:7 .) Jer. 18:1-10   The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.   Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.   And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.   Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? Saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;   If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.   And...