Jeremiah 19:1

“Thus saith the Lord, go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, etc.] From the potter’s house, where he had lately been; and where he had been shown, in an emblematic way, what God would do in a short time with the Jews; and which is here further illustrated by this emblem: or, “go and get”, or “buy, a bottle of the potter, an earthen one”f396; so Kimchi; called in Hebrew “bakbuk”, from the gurgling of the liquor poured into it, or out of it, or drank out of it, which makes a sound like this wordf397: and [take] of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; the word “take” is rightly supplied by our translators, as it is by the Targum, the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic…”

“THE DESOLATION OF THE JEWS FOR THEIR SINS FORETOLD IN THE VALLEY OF HINNOM; THE SYMBOL OF BREAKING A BOTTLE. (Jer 19:1-15) bottle--Hebrew, bakuk, so called from the gurgling sound which it makes when being emptied. ancients--elders. As witnesses of the symbolic action (Jer 19:10; Isa 8:1-2), that the Jews might not afterwards plead ignorance of the prophecy. The seventy-two elders, composing the Sanhedrim, or Great Council, were taken partly from "the priests," partly from the other tribes, that is, "the people," the former presiding over spiritual matters, the latter over civil; the seventy-two represented the whole people.”

“Get (i. e., purchase) a potter’s earthen bottle - The “bottle” was a flask with a long neck, and took its name from the noise made by liquids in running out. The ancients - These “elders” were the regularly constituted representatives of the people (see Jeremiah 29:1; Numbers 11:16), and the organization lasted down to our Saviour’s time Matthew 26:47. Similarly the priests had also their representatives 2 Kings 19:2. Accompanied thus by the representatives of Church and State, the prophet was to carry the earthen bottle, the symbol of their mean origin and frail existence, outside the walls of Jerusalem. return to 'Top of Page'”

“19:1-15 Jeremiah acted out another parable (see 13:1-14) that demonstrated to the leaders of Judah that the Lord would utterly destroy their idolatrous and murderous nation.”

“am 3397, bc 607 Go: Jer 19:10, Jer 19:11, Jer 18:2-4, Jer 32:14; Isa 30:14 \*marg. Lam 4:2; Co2 4:7 the ancients of the people: Jer 26:17; Num 11:16; Ch1 24:4-6; Eze 8:11, Eze 8:12, Eze 9:6; Mat 26:3, Mat 27:1, Mat 27:41, Mat 27:42; Act 4:5, Act 4:6 Jeremiah 19:2”

“The Broken Pitcher. - Jer 19:1. "Thus said Jahveh: Go and buy a potter's vessel, and take of the elders of the people and of the elders of the priests, Jer 19:2. And go forth into the valley of Benhinnom, which is before the gate Harsuth, and proclaim there the words which I shall speak unto thee, Jer 19:3. And say: Hear the word of Jahveh, ye kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: Thus hath said Jahveh of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth his ears shall tingle. Jer 19:4. Because they have forsaken me, and disowned this place, and burnt incense in it to other gods whom they knew not, they, and their fathers, and the kings of…”