“ The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, ”
In the first prophecy of the series Jeremiah 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...
The Potter and the Clay. The potter ( Jeremiah 18:1-4 ) moulding his clay on the upper stone, which he makes revolve by his feet resting on the connected lower stone, is compared with Yahweh in His...
Jeremiah's Twelfth Prophecy (see book comments for Jeremiah). the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
The sum of what is here taught is, that as the Jews gloried in God’s singular favor, which yet had been conferred on them for a different purpose, even that they might be his sacred heritage, i...
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, The word which came to Jeremiah - This discourse is supposed to have been delivered some time in the reign of Jehoiakim, probably within the fir...
The word, &c.— We have here a new discourse of Jeremiah. The Lord commands him to go down to a certain potter, where he would cause him to hear his word. God frequently makes use of this compar...
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, No JFB commentary on this verse.
1-17. Figure of the potter's clay.
XVIII. (1) The word which came to Jeremiah. — The message that follows comes in close sequence upon that of the preceding chapter, i.e., probably before the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiak...
CHAPTER XI THE DIVINE POTTER Jeremiah 18:1-23 JEREMIAH goes down into the Lower Town, or the valley between the upper and lower city; and there his attention is arrested by a potter sitting at...
We now come to the second series of messages before the fall of Jerusalem (18-20), which consists of declarations of God's absolute supremacy. In preparation for this, Jeremiah was sent to the house...
CONTENTS The Prophet, in this Chapter, is preaching by type and figure. Under the similitude of a Potter, the Lord showeth his sovereignty. The people are offended at the Prophet's preaching. The Lo...
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying. The word of prophecy, as the Targum: this is a distinct prophecy from the former, though it may be connected with it; it referring to the dest...
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Ver. 1. The word which came to Jeremiah. ] To show the just punishment of the people for disobeying the precept concerning the Sabbath, Jer 1...
The word which came to Jeremiah , &c. We have here the beginning of a new discourse of Jeremiah, which, if introduced in its proper place, as we have reason to think it is, was probably also, as...
The Sovereign Prerogative of God; Divine Goodness and Equity. B. C. 600. 1 The word whic...
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 18 By the parable of a potter God's absolute power in disposing of nations is set forth, Jeremiah 18:1-10 . Judah's unparalleled revolt, and her judgments, Jeremiah 18:11-17...
The Lesson Of The Patient Potter ( Jeremiah 18:1-10 ). In one of the most beautiful illustrations in the Old Testament YHWH illustrates His readiness ever to show mercy in the lesson of the patien...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. Early in Jehoiakim’s reign (See Chronological Note on Section 19–27 of previous chapter). Probably about two years later than that mes...
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" ( Jeremiah 18:4 ).
Jeremiah 18:1-6 Consider what Jeremiah's business was, and how the potter might help him in understanding and performing it. I. Jeremiah sees a man engaged in a task to which he is devoting all h...
Jeremiah 18:6 . As the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand. The sense is given in the next words; the exaltation, or the degradation of a nation, is wholly with the Lord. If they, u...
Go down to the potter’s house. The potter and the clay (with Romans 9:19-24 ):--The potter and the clay! Is not that parable the germ of all that is most oppressive in the “terrible decree” of...
EXPOSITION This chapter is the introduction of a group of prophecies (extending to Jeremiah 25:1-24 .) of various dates; their sequence has evidently not been determined by chronological consid...
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
Jeremiah 18:1