Reference

Jeremiah 19:11

And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
9

And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.

10

Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

11

And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.

12

Thus will I do unto this place, saith the Lord, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:

13

And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

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Literal Fulfillment

While the breaking of the city and people is described in concrete terms, the phrase "cannot be made whole again" could be interpreted metaphorically to refer to a permanent destruction of their societal and political structure rather than a literal inability to rebuild.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse describes the content of a prophetic message and the actions God will take, but it does not explicitly detail the *method* by which Jeremiah received this message from God.