The Response

The illustration at the potter's house ends with God urging his people to return to him again. He's sent prophet after prophet for hundreds of years to call them back to himself. They have a choice to make. They can continue their rebellion against God, suffer destruction and go into exile. Or they can repent and return to God, and he will relent. The people refuse to repent, saying it's no use. Their devastating response reveals how far they've fallen away from him. They'd rather follow their own plans and stick with their evil, rebellious, hard hearts. Yet even in their refusal, God offers hope by promising a new covenant where he will write his law on their hearts and remember their sins no more (Jeremiah 31:33-34)...