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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 18:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 18:1 |
Strong Concordance |
The word [01697] which came to Jeremiah [03414] from the LORD [03068], saying [0559], |
| |
King James |
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| In the first prophecy of the series Jer. 18, the fate of Jerusalem was still undetermined; a long line of kings might yet reign there in splendor, and the city be inhabited forever. This was possible only so long as it was still undecided whether Josiah's efforts would end in a national reformation or not, and before Jehoiakim threw the weight of the kingly office into the opposite balance. In the present prophecy mercy is still offered to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, but they reject it Jer 18:11-12. They have made their final choice: and thereupon follows the third prophecy of "the broken vessel" Jer 19:1-15 in which the utter overthrow of city and kingdom is foretold. We should thus place this prophecy of the potter very early in the reign of Jehoiakim; and that of the broken vessel at the commencement of his fourth year. This internal evidence is confirmed by external proof. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
The word
Israel (the whole nation) a vessel marred in the Potter's hand, is the key to this prophetic strain. But Jehovah will make "it again another vessel" (Jer 18:4). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The Emblem of the Clay and the Potter and the Complaint of the Prophet against his Adversaries. - The figure of the potter who remodels a misshapen vessel (Jer 18:2-4). The interpretation of this (Jer 18:5-10), and its application to degenerate Israel (Jer 18:11-17). The reception of the discourse by the people, and Jeremiah's cry to the Lord (Jer 18:18-23). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The word which came to Jeremiah - This discourse is supposed to have been delivered some time in the reign of Jehoiakim, probably within the first three years. |
1 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Go [01980] and get [07069] a potter's [03335] earthen [02789] bottle [01228], and take of the ancients [02205] of the people [05971], and of the ancients [02205] of the priests [03548];
2 And go forth [03318] unto the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], which is by the entry [06607] of the east [02777] gate [08179], and proclaim [07121] there the words [01697] that I shall tell [01696] thee,
3 And say [0559], Hear [08085] ye the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], O kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389]; Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will bring [0935] evil [07451] upon this place [04725], the which whosoever heareth [08085], his ears [0241] shall tingle [06750].
4 Because they have forsaken [05800] me, and have estranged [05234] this place [04725], and have burned incense [06999] in it unto other [0312] gods [0430], whom neither they nor their fathers [01] have known [03045], nor the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], and have filled [04390] this place [04725] with the blood [01818] of innocents [05355];
5 They have built [01129] also the high places [01116] of Baal [01168], to burn [08313] their sons [01121] with fire [0784] for burnt offerings [05930] unto Baal [01168], which I commanded [06680] not, nor spake [01696] it, neither came [05927] it into my mind [03820]:
6 Therefore, behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that this place [04725] shall no more be called [07121] Tophet [08612], nor The valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011], but The valley [01516] of slaughter [02028].
7 And I will make void [01238] the counsel [06098] of Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] in this place [04725]; and I will cause them to fall [05307] by the sword [02719] before [06440] their enemies [0341], and by the hands [03027] of them that seek [01245] their lives [05315]: and their carcases [05038] will I give [05414] to be meat [03978] for the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], and for the beasts [0929] of the earth [0776].
8 And I will make [07760] this city [05892] desolate [08047], and an hissing [08322]; every one that passeth [05674] thereby shall be astonished [08074] and hiss [08319] because of all the plagues [04347] thereof.
9 And I will cause them to eat [0398] the flesh [01320] of their sons [01121] and the flesh [01320] of their daughters [01323], and they shall eat [0398] every one [0376] the flesh [01320] of his friend [07453] in the siege [04692] and straitness [04689], wherewith their enemies [0341], and they that seek [01245] their lives [05315], shall straiten [06693] them.
10 Then shalt thou break [07665] the bottle [01228] in the sight [05869] of the men [0582] that go [01980] with thee,
11 And shalt say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Even so [03602] will I break [07665] this people [05971] and this city [05892], as one breaketh [07665] a potter's [03335] vessel [03627], that cannot [03201] be made whole again [07495]: and they shall bury [06912] them in Tophet [08612], till there be no place [04725] to bury [06912].
12 Thus will I do [06213] unto this place [04725], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and to the inhabitants [03427] thereof, and even make [05414] this city [05892] as Tophet [08612]:
13 And the houses [01004] of Jerusalem [03389], and the houses [01004] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063], shall be defiled [02931] as the place [04725] of Tophet [08612], because of all the houses [01004] upon whose roofs [01406] they have burned incense [06999] unto all the host [06635] of heaven [08064], and have poured out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto other [0312] gods [0430].
14 Then came [0935] Jeremiah [03414] from Tophet [08612], whither the LORD [03068] had sent [07971] him to prophesy [05012]; and he stood [05975] in the court [02691] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004]; and said [0559] to all the people [05971],
15 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will bring [0935] upon this city [05892] and upon all her towns [05892] all the evil [07451] that I have pronounced [01696] against it, because they have hardened [07185] their necks [06203], that they might not hear [08085] my words [01697].
11 Now therefore go to, speak [0559] to the men [0376] of Judah [03063], and to the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, I frame [03335] evil [07451] against you, and devise [02803] a device [04284] against you: return [07725] ye now every one [0376] from his evil [07451] way [01870], and make your ways [01870] and your doings [04611] good [03190].
12 And they said [0559], There is no hope [02976]: but we will walk [03212] after [0310] our own devices [04284], and we will every one [0376] do [06213] the imagination [08307] of his evil [07451] heart [03820].
4 And the vessel [03627] that he made [06213] of clay [02563] was marred [07843] in the hand [03027] of the potter [03335]: so he made [06213] it again [07725] another [0312] vessel [03627], as seemed [05869] good [03474] to the potter [03335] to make [06213] it.
18 Then said [0559] they, Come [03212], and let us devise [02803] devices [04284] against Jeremiah [03414]; for the law [08451] shall not perish [06] from the priest [03548], nor counsel [06098] from the wise [02450], nor the word [01697] from the prophet [05030]. Come [03212], and let us smite [05221] him with the tongue [03956], and let us not give heed [07181] to any of his words [01697].
19 Give heed [07181] to me, O LORD [03068], and hearken [08085] to the voice [06963] of them that contend [03401] with me.
20 Shall evil [07451] be recompensed [07999] for good [02896]? for they have digged [03738] a pit [07745] for my soul [05315]. Remember [02142] that I stood [05975] before [06440] thee to speak [01696] good [02896] for them, and to turn away [07725] thy wrath [02534] from them.
21 Therefore deliver up [05414] their children [01121] to the famine [07458], and pour out [05064] their blood by the force [03027] of the sword [02719]; and let their wives [0802] be bereaved [07909] of their children, and be widows [0490]; and let their men [0582] be put [02026] to death [04194]; let their young men [0970] be slain [05221] by the sword [02719] in battle [04421].
22 Let a cry [02201] be heard [08085] from their houses [01004], when thou shalt bring [0935] a troop [01416] suddenly [06597] upon them: for they have digged [03738] a pit [07745] [07882] to take [03920] me, and hid [02934] snares [06341] for my feet [07272].
23 Yet, LORD [03068], thou knowest [03045] all their counsel [06098] against me to slay [04194] me: forgive [03722] not their iniquity [05771], neither blot out [04229] their sin [02403] from thy sight [06440], but let them be overthrown [03782] before [06440] thee; deal [06213] thus with them in the time [06256] of thine anger [0639].
11 Now therefore go to, speak [0559] to the men [0376] of Judah [03063], and to the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, I frame [03335] evil [07451] against you, and devise [02803] a device [04284] against you: return [07725] ye now every one [0376] from his evil [07451] way [01870], and make your ways [01870] and your doings [04611] good [03190].
12 And they said [0559], There is no hope [02976]: but we will walk [03212] after [0310] our own devices [04284], and we will every one [0376] do [06213] the imagination [08307] of his evil [07451] heart [03820].
13 Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Ask [07592] ye now among the heathen [01471], who hath heard [08085] such things: the virgin [01330] of Israel [03478] hath done [06213] a very [03966] horrible thing [08186].
14 Will a man leave [05800] the snow [07950] of Lebanon [03844] which cometh from the rock [06697] of the field [07704]? or shall the cold [07119] flowing [05140] waters [04325] that come from another place [02114] be forsaken [05428]?
15 Because my people [05971] hath forgotten [07911] me, they have burned incense [06999] to vanity [07723], and they have caused them to stumble [03782] in their ways [01870] from the ancient [05769] paths [07635] [07635], to walk [03212] in paths [05410], in a way [01870] not cast up [05549];
16 To make [07760] their land [0776] desolate [08047], and a perpetual [05769] hissing [08292] [08292]; every one that passeth [05674] thereby shall be astonished [08074], and wag [05110] his head [07218].
17 I will scatter [06327] them as with an east [06921] wind [07307] before [06440] the enemy [0341]; I will shew [07200] them the back [06203], and not the face [06440], in the day [03117] of their calamity [0343].
5 Then the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came to me, saying [0559],
6 O house [01004] of Israel [03478], cannot [03201] I do [06213] with you as this potter [03335]? saith [05002] the LORD [03068]. Behold, as the clay [02563] is in the potter's [03335] hand [03027], so are ye in mine hand [03027], O house [01004] of Israel [03478].
7 At what instant [07281] I shall speak [01696] concerning a nation [01471], and concerning a kingdom [04467], to pluck up [05428], and to pull down [05422], and to destroy [06] it;
8 If that nation [01471], against whom I have pronounced [01696], turn [07725] from their evil [07451], I will repent [05162] of the evil [07451] that I thought [02803] to do [06213] unto them.
9 And at what instant [07281] I shall speak [01696] concerning a nation [01471], and concerning a kingdom [04467], to build [01129] and to plant [05193] it;
10 If it do [06213] evil [07451] in my sight [05869], that it obey [08085] not my voice [06963], then I will repent [05162] of the good [02896], wherewith I said [0559] I would benefit [03190] them.
2 Arise [06965], and go down [03381] to the potter's [03335] house [01004], and there I will cause thee to hear [08085] my words [01697].
3 Then I went down [03381] to the potter's [03335] house [01004], and, behold [02009], he wrought [06213] a work [04399] on the wheels [070].
4 And the vessel [03627] that he made [06213] of clay [02563] was marred [07843] in the hand [03027] of the potter [03335]: so he made [06213] it again [07725] another [0312] vessel [03627], as seemed [05869] good [03474] to the potter [03335] to make [06213] it.