Jeremiah 17-19, Proverbs 8:22-36

Jeremiah continues his pronouncement against the persistent sin of Judah as our text begins today, saying that those who trust in men are cursed and those who trust in the Lord will be blessed. The Lord instructs Jeremiah to visit the house of a potter, and in so doing he observes the potter disregarding a jar he had created because it became flawed, at which point he makes another jar. The Lord says that the house of Israel is like this lump of clay; he may do as he wishes with the nations of earth, relenting from disaster where there is repentance and relenting from good when a nation does what it is evil. Later, as we return to Proverbs, the personification of wisdom continues her speech.