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Verse Jeremiah 18:8. Jeremiah 18:7....
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I WILL REPENT OF THE EVIL ... I WILL REPENT OF THE GOOD - All God’s
dealings with mankind are here declared to be conditional. God
changeth not, all depends upon man’s conduct....
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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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EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a',_ App-44.
I WILL REPENT. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._...
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See introd. note....
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_I will repent_ speaking after the manner of men. The sense is, _I
will alter my treatment_, for among men change of conduct implies
change of purpose....
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IF THAT NATION, AGAINST WHOM, &C.— As the threats of God are
conditional, when they are suspended by his long-suffering and mercy,
or prevented by the amendment of the persons against whom they are
de...
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B. The Interpretation for the Prophet Jeremiah 18:5-10
TRANSLATION
(5) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (6) Am I not able
to do to you as this potter (oracle of the LORD)? Behold, like...
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If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil,
I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
IF THAT NATION, AGAINST WHOM I HAVE PRONOUNCED, TURN FROM THEIR EVIL...
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1-17. Figure of the potter's clay....
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(7-10) AT WHAT INSTANT I SHALL SPEAK CONCERNING A NATION... — The
words carry the thoughts of the prophet back to those which had been
stamped indelibly on his memory when he was first called to his w...
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וְ שָׁב֙ הַ גֹּ֣וי הַ ה֔וּא מֵ...
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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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If that nation, against which I have pronounced, shall turn from their
evil, I will (b) repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
(b) When the Scripture attributes repentance to God, it is not...
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_Shall repent, having free-will, though prevented by grace. (St.
Jerome)_...
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The Lord himself explains and applies his type of the Potter. And in
Jesus how hath the doctrine been fully proved? Surely the Lord can
with infinitely more ease create new hearts in his people, and r...
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But the Prophet speaks first of punishment; _Suddenly_, he says, _will
I speak of a nation and of a kingdom, to pull down, to extirpate and
to destroy_; that is, even they who seem far from all danger...
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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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IF THAT NATION AGAINST WHOM I HAVE PRONOUNCED,.... Such a sentence as
this, should immediately, upon the above declaration, do as Nineveh
did:
TURN FROM THEIR EVIL; their evil of sin, their evil ways...
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If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil,
I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Ver. 8. _Turn from their evil._] If I may see such work among them, as...
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_At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation_, &c. God speaks
thus concerning nations and kingdoms in his word, and by his prophets
and ministers. Thus he told Jeremiah 1:10, that he had set him...
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THE PARABLE OF THE POTTER...
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if that nation against whom I have pronounced turn from their evil,
giving heed to His warnings, I WILL REPENT OF THE EVIL THAT I THOUGHT
TO DO UNTO THEM, in accordance with His long-suffering and mer...
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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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IF THAT NATION, AGAINST WHOM I HAVE PRONOUNCED, TURN FROM THEIR EVIL;
if that nation leaveth off those sinful courses which I have by my
prophets threatened with judgments; I WILL REPENT OF THE EVIL T...
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Jeremiah 18:8 nation H1471 spoken H1696 (H8765) turns H7725 (H8804)
evil H7451 relent H5162 (H8738) disaster...
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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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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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_If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil,
I will repent._
FAST SERMON
I. The being and condition of countries and communities, of nations
and kingdoms, are under the cont...
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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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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 18:8 TURNS. From sin to God.
⇐ ⇔...
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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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1 Kings 8:33; 1 Kings 8:34; 2 Chronicles 12:6; Amos 7:3; Deuter