Jeremiah 19:10

The Lord continued, ¹  “Now break the jar in front of those who have come here with you.

"Then break the jar while those who go with you are watching,

"Then you are to break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you

"As these men watch, Jeremiah, smash the jar you brought with you.

"Say all this, and then smash the pot in front of the men who have come with you.

Then let the potter’s bottle be broken before the eyes of the men who have gone with you,

Then you shall break the jug in the sight of those who go with you,

"Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you,

The Lord continued, ¹  “Now break the jar in front of those who have come here with you.

¹ tn The words “And the Lord continued” are not in the text. However, they are necessary to take us clearly back to the flow of the narrative begun in vv. 1-2 and interrupted by the long speech in vv. 3-9.