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Literal Standard Version

Jeremiah 18:1

The word that has been to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prophecy;   Prophets;   Scofield Reference Index - Jeremiah;   Potter;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Potter;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Craft workers;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Clay;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aceldama;   Zechariah, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Evil;   Jeremiah;   Lebanon;   Oracles;   Vessels and Utensils;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hosea;   Potter, Pottery;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Old Testament;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jeremiah (2);   Potter;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aceldama;   Clay;   Pottery;  

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,
Complete Jewish Bible
This word came to Yirmeyahu from Adonai :
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

1The word that has been to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying,2"Rise, and you have gone down [to] the potter's house, and there I cause you to hear My words"; 3and I go down [to] the potter's house, and behold, he is doing a work on the stones, 4and the vessel that he is making is marred, as clay in the hand of the potter, and he has turned and he makes it another vessel, as it was right in the eyes of the potter to make. 5And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying, 6"O house of Israel, am I not able to do to you as this potter?" A declaration of YHWH. "Behold, as clay in the hand of the potter, || So [are] you in My hand, O house of Israel. 7The moment I speak concerning a nation, || And concerning a kingdom, || To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy, 8And that nation has turned from its evil, || Because I have spoken against it, || Then I have relented of the calamity that I thought to do to it. 9And the moment I speak concerning a nation, || And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant, 10And it has done evil in My eyes, || So as not to listen to My voice, || Then I have relented of the good || That I have spoken of doing to it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

Cross-References

Genesis 12:7
And YHWH appears to Abram and says, "To your seed I give this land"; and there he builds an altar to YHWH, who has appeared to him.
Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of YHWH has been to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not fear, Abram, I [am] a shield to you, your reward [is] exceedingly great."
Genesis 17:22
and He finishes speaking with him, and God goes up from Abraham.
Genesis 18:1
And YHWH appears to him among the oaks of Mamre, and he is sitting at the opening of the tent, about the heat of the day;
Genesis 18:3
and he says, "My Lord, if now I have found grace in Your eyes, please do not pass on from Your servant;
Genesis 26:2
And YHWH appears to him and says, "Do not go down toward Egypt, dwell in the land concerning which I speak to you,
Genesis 48:3
And Jacob says to Joseph, "God Almighty has appeared to me, in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blesses me,
Exodus 4:1
And Moses answers and says, "And if they do not give credence to me, nor listen to my voice, and say, YHWH has not appeared to you?"
2 Chronicles 1:7
In that night God has appeared to Solomon and says to him, "Ask—what do I give to you?"
Acts 7:2
And he said, "Men, brothers, and fathers, listen! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling 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.


 
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