1. When God sent Jeremiah to the potter's house to watch him work the clay, what was the message (see 18:1-11)?

1. Like the clay in the potter's hand, Israel is in God's hand.
2. If a nation turns from its evil, God will relent of the judgment He had planned.
3. If a nation does evil, God will relent of the good He had planned.
4. God is planning judgment for Judah, but He calls on them to repent, offering a way of escape.
5. All of the above.

2. In chapter 19, what was God's message to the civic and religious leaders from Jeremiah's symbolic action of smashing the pottery flask?