At this point Jeremiah was to break the clay vessel.This gruesome event actually occurred because the Babylonians laid an 18 month siege to the city of Jerusalem cutting it off with the intent of starving the inhabitants. Those people caught inside the city gates when the attack occurs will end up eating each other.We have the same illustration at the Battle of Armageddon in Rev 19:17-18.This is a common illustration of judgment all through the Bible.Those people caught outside of the city gates in Valley of Hinnom when the attack comes, would die immediately, and the birds would eat their flesh.The gruesome siege of Jerusalem in 586 BC (7-9).This is the reason that God told Jeremiah to go to the Valley of Hinnom so the leaders of Judah would get the parallel message. Notice how God makes the consequences of sin fit the sin so perfectly.Just as the Israelites sacrificed their children, which was a wealth they did not recognize, God will sacrifice His children, the Israelites to Babylon.
Jeremiah says this same valley will be called the valley of slaughter because this is where God will sacrifice them, His riches, to their enemy, Babylon, in a war that is coming in about 10 years.This was where they killed their own children and sacrificed the wealth of their posterity to foreign gods.The wealth of a people is their children.It was the place where the Potter’s field was located, where Judas, the failed disciple, was buried.4) to the idols of the gods Moloch, and Baal.(4-5) (2Kin 23:10) It was the place where the Israelites sacrificed their babies (the blood of innocents vs.
It was the garbage dump of the city during Jesus’ day. Remember we already discussed this awful valley southeast of Jerusalem. The Valley of Hinnom is the location, and it is important to the message. Jesus is the model for the disciple of Jesus Christ. In complete obedience there was complete unity. He spoke the words God gave Him to say and did the things God told him to do. Jesus said the same thing in His relationship with God. As a prophet of God, he was required simply to be obedient to whatever God showed him and told him. Notice that even Jeremiah did not know ahead of time what the message would be. Exactly what they had in mind following him to this valley, we are not told. Remember that they were not interested in Jeremiah’s messages. Remember that they were plotting his death. What is amazing is that these leaders listened to Jeremiah’s plea to go the Valley of Hinnom. Both the religious leaders and the secular leaders are responsible before God for Judah’s spiritual condition and the physical consequences of that spiritual condition. When government opposes God’s people or the move of the Holy Spirit, that government fights against God and God will take vengeance. Unfortunately that is not always the situation. We have discussed how religion and government are supposed to complement each other for the good of the people. He must take religious leaders and government leaders with him. Jeremiah must get a pottery vessel and go the Valley of Hinnom. 
Read Jer 19:1-15 In the Valley of Hinnom. The parable in this chapter builds on the previous parable. In this lesson, God is not finished with his pottery messages. Even Judas, the failed disciple, reminds us that the better way of discipleship is complete obedience. If the 11 disciples had not been totally obedient to the Lord, we would not have the spread of Christianity or the New Testament church as it exists today throughout the world. If you stop and think about the original 12 disciples, their discipleship was to be a model for us as believers in Jesus Christ. The message in parable form was that man is God’s creation. In our previous lesson, Jeremiah visited the shop of the potter. THE PARABLE AND SIGN OF THE BROKEN VESSEL
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