God will carry out his threats of punishment.
God will punish Judah.
Because the people refused to listen to God, they had become useless, good for nothing, like a useless linen loincloth.
God could destroy his sinful people if he so desired. This is a warning to them to repent before he is forced to bring judgment.
God would smash Judah just as Jeremiah smashed the clay jars.
Good figs represent God’s remnant. Bad figs are the people left behind.
Any nation who refused to submit to Babylon’s yoke of control would be punished.
The rocks marked the place where Nebuchadnezzar would set his throne when God allowed him to conquer Egypt.
Babylon would sink to rise no more.