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A Jar Beyond Mending: A Prophet in the Stocks and Kings Who Ruled Unjustly | Jeremiah 19–22
Episode Overview
What does obedience cost when nobody wants to hear it? Today we read Jeremiah chapters 19 through 22. Jeremiah takes a clay jar to the valley outside the city and smashes it before the elders, a sign that once Jerusalem's judgment falls it cannot be mended. The act costs him immediately: the priest Pashhur has him beaten and locked in the stocks overnight. Jeremiah pours out his frustration to God, yet he does not soften the message.
The reading then moves into the royal house. When King Zedekiah begs for a word of hope as Babylon besieges the city, Jeremiah's answer is…
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