13:1–11 – the linen belt, symbolizing the rotten state of Judah

16:1–9 –Jeremiah forbidden to marry and have children – as an important reminder that the nation’s destruction was imminent

18:1–12 – the potter’s house: God as the sovereign potter who

works the clay of all nations and peoples

19:1–15 – smashing the clay pot in Hinnom, symbolic of smashing Judah

27:1–28:17 – Jeremiah and the yoke symbolizing unconditional surrender to Babylon

32:1–15 – Jeremiah’s purchase of the field to symbolize an eventual return to normality

43:8–13 – burying stones in the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace to symbolize the fate of the exiles in Egypt

51:59–64 – throwing the scroll in the Euphrates, to symbolize Babylon’s destruction.