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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 b...
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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 possi...
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CHAPTER 18
The Potter and the Clay
_ 1. In the potter's house and the message (Jeremiah 18:1) _
2. The plot against the prophet and his prayer (Jeremiah 18:18)
Jeremiah 18:1. He was comm
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THE POTTER AND THE CLAY. The potter (Jeremiah 18:1) 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 contro...
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JEREMIAH'S TWELFTH PROPHECY (see book comments for Jeremiah).
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
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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 comparison of...
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
THE POTTER AND HIS VESSELS
Jeremiah 18:1 to Jeremiah 20:18
Chapter s 18-20 are composed of various types of literature centering
around the common theme of the potter's vessels. The f...
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_THE WORD WHICH CAME TO JEREMIAH FROM THE LORD, SAYING,_
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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1-17. Figure of the potter's clay....
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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 Jehoiakim. I...
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הַ דָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֣ה אֶֽל
־יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ...
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CHAPTER XI
THE DIVINE POTTER
Jeremiah 18:1
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 work bef...
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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 o...
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It is blessed for every child of God, and much more for all the
Prophets of the Lord, I mean the ministers of the Lord, to sit down in
silent waiting at the feet of Jesus to be prepared for his servic...
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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 Lor...
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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, it was n...
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In chapter 18 this principle is fully demonstrated before the people
(Jeremiah 18:1-10). But the people in despair as to God, in the midst
of their boldness in evil and in contempt of His marvellous p...
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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 destruc...
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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 17:...
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_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 well...
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The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,...
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THE PARABLE OF THE POTTER...
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JEREMIAH CHAPTER 18 By the parable of a potter God's absolute power in
disposing of nations is set forth, JEREMIAH 18:1. Judah's unparalleled
revolt, and her judgments, JEREMIAH 18:11. The prophet pra...
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Jeremiah 18:1 word H1697 Jeremiah H3414 LORD H3068 saying H559 (H8800)...
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THE LESSON OF THE PATIENT POTTER (JEREMIAH 18:1).
In one of the most beautiful illustrations in the Old Testament YHWH
illustrates His readiness ever to show mercy in the lesson of the
patient potter....
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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)....
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Jeremiah 18:1
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
his tho...
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CONTENTS: Sign of the potter's house. Declaration of God's ways of
dealing with nations. Jeremiah's complaint.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Jehovah has incontestable and irresistible abili...
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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, unde...
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_Go down to the potter’s house._
THE POTTER AND THE CLAY
(with Romans 9:19):--The potter and the clay! Is not that parable the
germ of all that is most oppressive in the “terrible decree” of
Calvinis...
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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 messag...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter is the introduction of a group of prophecies (extending
to Jeremiah 25:1.) of various dates; their sequence has evidently not
been determined by chronological considerations. T...
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Now in chapter 18:
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Arise, and go
down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my
words. Then I went down to the potter's house...
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Jeremiah 18:1...