Cannibalisms

 9 And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and everyone shall eat the flesh of his neighbor in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies and those who seek their life afflict them.’

10 “Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you, 11 and shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: So will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, so that it can never be mended. Men shall bury in Topheth because there will be no place else to bury.  (Jeremiah 19:10,11)

Jeremiah communicated to the elders through physical demonstrations that reflected what God was going to do to the people and the cities because of their disobedience. The broken vessel symbolized that they would be broken without the ability to be repaired.  They would be discarded to the dump, and the seige of the Babylonians would cause cannibalism to be the way of survival for some.  The prospects of anything good happening had vanished, and the elders and leaders took no action to bring about the changes that were necessary to change the plans of God to destroy the city and punish the rebellious people. It is amazing that the people did not take seriously the messages of Jeremiah and totally rejected him. Numerous warnings and physical demonstrations were communicated but unneeded. The depravity and the power of sin had completely taken control of the people.