Jeremiah 18:1

Complete Jewish Bible

This word came to Yirmeyahu from Adonai :

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

Hebrew Names Version
The word which came to Yirmeyahu from the LORD, saying,

King James Version
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord , saying,

English Standard Version
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord :

New American Standard Bible
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

New Century Version
This is the word the Lord spoke to Jeremiah:

Amplified Bible
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

World English Bible
The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
The worde which came to Ieremiah from the Lord, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh saying,

Berean Standard Bible
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

Contemporary English Version
The Lord told me,

Darby Translation
The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
This is the message that came to Jeremiah from the Lord :

George Lamsa Translation
THE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying.

Good News Translation
The Lord said to me,

Lexham English Bible
The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

Literal Translation
The Word which was to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This is another communicacion, that God had with Ieremy, sayenge:

American Standard Version
The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

Bible in Basic English
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying:

King James Version (1611)
The word which came to Ieremiah from ye Lord saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
This is another communication that God had with Ieremie, saying:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The word that came from the Lord to

English Revised Version
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The word that was maad of the Lord to Jeremye,

Update Bible Version
The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

New English Translation
The Lord said to Jeremiah:

New King James Version
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying:

New Living Translation
The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said,

New Life Bible
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord saying,

New Revised Standard
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord :

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The word that came unto Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying:

Revised Standard Version
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

Young's Literal Translation
The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

THE MESSAGE
God told Jeremiah, "Up on your feet! Go to the potter's house. When you get there, I'll tell you what I have to say."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ This word came to Yirmeyahu from Adonai : ² "Get up, and go down to the potter's house; there I will tell you more." ³ So I went down to the house of the potter; and there he was, working at the wheels. ⁴ Whenever a pot he made came out imperfect, the potter took the clay and made another pot with it, in whatever shape suited him. ⁵ Then the word of Adonai came to me: ⁶ "House of Isra'el, can't I deal with you as the potter deals with his clay? — says Adonai . Look! You, house of Isra'el, are the same in my hand as the clay in the potter's hand. ⁷ At one time, I may speak about uprooting, breaking down and destroying a nation or kingdom; ⁸ but if that nation turns from their evil, which prompted me to speak against it, then I relent concerning the disaster I had planned to inflict on it. ⁹ Similarly, at another time, I may speak about building and planting a nation or kingdom; ¹⁰ but if it behaves wickedly from my perspective and doesn't listen to what I say, then I change my mind and don't do the good I said I would do that would have helped it.

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Reciprocal: 1 Kings 17:2 - General Isaiah 29:16 - as the potter's

Cross-References

Genesis 12:7
Adonai appeared to Avram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." So he built an altar there to Adonai , who had appeared to him.

Genesis 15:1
Some time later the word of Adonai came to Avram in a vision: "Don't be afraid, Avram. I am your protector; your reward will be very great."

Genesis 17:22
With that, God finished speaking with Avraham and went up from him.

Genesis 18:1
Adonai appeared to Avraham by the oaks of Mamre as he sat at the entrance to the tent during the heat of the day.

Genesis 18:3
and said, "My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, please don't leave your servant.

Genesis 26:2
Adonai appeared to him and said, "Don't go down into Egypt, but live where I tell you.

Genesis 48:3
Ya‘akov said to Yosef, "El Shaddai appeared to me at Luz in the land of Kena‘an and blessed me,

Exodus 4:1
Moshe replied, "But I'm certain they won't believe me, and they won't listen to what I say, because they'll say, ‘ Adonai did not appear to you.'"

2 Chronicles 1:7
That night God appeared to Shlomo and said to him, "Tell me what I should give you."

Acts 7:2
and Stephen said: "Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to Avraham avinu in Mesopotamia before he lived in Haran

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 destruction threatened in the latter part of the preceding chapter.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the first prophecy of the series Jeremiah 18:0, 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 Jeremiah 18:11-12. They have made their final choice: and thereupon follows the third prophecy of “the broken vessel” Jeremiah 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XVIII

The type of the potter's vessel, and its signification, 1-10.

The inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem exhorted to repentance,

11;

but on their refusal, (which is represented to be as unnatural

as if a man should prefer the snowy Lebanon or barren rock to a

fruitful plain, or other waters to the cool stream of the

fountain,) their destruction is predicted, 12-17.

In consequence of these plain reproofs and warnings of

Jeremiah, a conspiracy is formed against him, 18.

This leads him to appeal to God for his integrity, 19, 20;

who puts a most dreadful curse in the mouth of his prophet,

strongly indicative of the terrible fate of his enemies, 21-23.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVIII

Verse Jeremiah 18:1. 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.