JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 18:4 SPOILED. It did not develop properly. REWORKED. The potter shaped and reshaped the wet clay to keep the developing vessel symmetrical. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 18:6 CAN I NOT DO WITH YOU? As its maker, God can reshape ISRAEL. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 18:7 PLUCK UP, BREAK DOWN, DESTROY. Judgment metaphors from agriculture, construction, and war. See Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 31:28; Jeremiah 45:4. IF. Many of the biblical prophecies are conditional. Whether or not the people repent matters, because the goal of prophecy, mor... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 18:8 TURNS. From sin to God. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 18:9 BUILD AND PLANT are restoration metaphors from construction and agriculture. See Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 42:10. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 18:10 RELENT OF THE GOOD. Remove the blessing the people could have received. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 18:13 WHO HAS HEARD? Judah’s covenant breaking is unprecedented. See Jeremiah 2:10 for a similar question. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 18:14 DOES THE SNOW OF LEBANON LEAVE... DO THE MOUNTAIN WATERS RUN DRY? Both questions expect a negative answer. In contrast, Judah has done the unnatural thing and deserted God. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img;... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 18:18 The people rejected the notion that Jeremiah was right and all their leaders wrong (Jeremiah 1:17; Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 5:13, Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 6:13). ⇐... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 18:19 MY ADVERSARIES. Those plotting against Jeremiah. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]