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POUR OUT ... SWORD - literally, “pour them out upon the hands of the
sword, i. e., give them up to the sword.”
PUT TO DEATH - Rather, slain of death. The prophet’s phrase leaves
it entirely indefinit...
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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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CHILDREN. sons....
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See introd. note to section....
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See on Jeremiah 17:18. Here also we may be permitted to consider the
passage to be an editorial addition. Erbt retains 22 _b_and 23 as
genuine, Gi. all but "and their … battle" (Jeremiah 18:21), while...
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B. The Prayer of the Prophet Jeremiah 18:19-23
TRANSLATION
(19) Give ear unto me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of my
adversaries. (20) Shall evil be recompensed instead of good? For they
are digg...
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Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their
blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of
their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to de...
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18:21 off (d-36) Lit. 'slain.'...
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1-17. Figure of the potter's clay....
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THEREFORE DELIVER UP THEIR CHILDREN... — The bitter words that
follow startle and pain us, like the imprecations of Psalms 35, 69,
109. To what extent they were the utterances of a righteous
indignati...
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לָכֵן֩ תֵּ֨ן אֶת ־בְּנֵיהֶ֜ם לָ †
רָעָ֗ב...
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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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Therefore (i) deliver their children to the famine, and pour out their
[blood] by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of
their children, and [be] widows; and let their men be put t...
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_Therefore. He foretells of the event, and approves of the
chastisement of the impenitent, (Calmet) whose "impurity might be a
bad precedent for others.["] (St. Jerome) See chap. xvii. 18._...
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Prayer is the sure relief of an afflicted mind; and more especially if
men persecute, where can we find support but in God? The apparent
harshness of the Prophet's prayer, ceases to be so, when we con...
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The Prophet seems here to have been driven through indignation to
utter imprecations which are not consistent with a right feeling; for
even if Christ had not said with his own mouth, that we are to p...
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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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THEREFORE DELIVER UP THEIR CHILDREN TO THE FAMINE,.... To be starved,
and perish by it, as they were in the siege of Jerusalem, both by the
Chaldeans, and the Romans:
AND POUR OUT THEIR [BLOOD] BY TH...
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Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their
[blood] by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of
their children, and [be] widows; and let their men be put to...
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_Give heed to me, O Lord_ The people had determined _not to give heed
to any of his words_, (Jeremiah 18:18,) nor to admit any of his
complaints, nor take the least notice of his grievances; therefore...
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THE PARABLE FURTHER APPLIED...
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Therefore, because they disregarded all attempts to bring them to
their senses and increased in wickedness from day to day, DELIVER UP
THEIR CHILDREN TO THE FAMINE, AND POUR OUT THEIR BLOOD BY THE FOR...
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POUR OUT THEIR BLOOD:
_ Heb._ pours them out...
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18-23 When the prophet called to repentance, instead of obeying the
call, the people devised devices against him. Thus do sinners deal
with the great Intercessor, crucifying him afresh, and speaking
a...
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DELIVER UP THEIR CHILDREN TO THE FAMINE; a dreadful imprecation; we
meet with more of the same nature, JEREMIAH 11:20, JEREMIAH 15:15
17:18. We find also several such imprecation in the Psalms, Psalms...
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Jeremiah 18:21 up H5414 (H8798) children H1121 famine H7458 out H5064
(H8685) force H3027 sword H2719 wives...
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JEREMIAH'S DISTRESS AT THEIR TREATMENT OF HIM AND HIS VIOLENT REACTION
TO IT (JEREMIAH 18:19).
Jeremiah was naturally disturbed by this suggestion. But while
recognising that Jeremiah's subsequent res...
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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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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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2 Chronicles 36:17; 2 Timothy 4:14; Amos 4:10; Deuteronomy 32:25;...
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Therefore — But is it lawful for God's servants to pray for evil
against their enemies? It is not lawful for Christians. It is
doubtless our duty, to pray for the conversion, forgiveness, and
eternal...