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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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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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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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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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1-10 While Jeremiah looks upon the potter's work, God darts into his
mind two great truths. God has authority, and power, to form and
fashion kingdoms and nations as he pleases. He may dispose of us...
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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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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...