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THE VOICE - i. e., the outcry and threats....
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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 commanded to go...
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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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See introd. note to section....
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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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Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that
contend with me.
GIVE HEED TO ME, O LORD - contrasted with "let us not give heed to
any of his words" (). Since they give no heed to...
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1-17. Figure of the potter's clay....
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GIVE HEED TO ME... — This is the prophet’s answer to the resolve
of the people, “Let us not give heed.” He appeals in the accents
of a passionate complaint to One who will heed his words. The opening...
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הַקְשִׁ֥יבָה יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י וּ
שְׁמַ֖ע לְ קֹ֥ול יְרִיבָֽי׃...
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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 be...
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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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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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As the Prophet saw that his labor as to men was useless, he turned to
God, as we find he had done often before. This way of speaking, no
doubt, had more force than if he had continued to address the 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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GIVE HEED TO ME, O LORD,.... To his prayer, since his enemies would
not give heed to his prophecies; and God does give heed to the cries
and complaints of his ministers, when men will not give heed to...
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_Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that
contend with me._
Ver. 19. _Give heed to me, O Lord._] Though they will not, yet do
thou, I beseech thee. This is ordinary with good me...
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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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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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The several following verses, to the end of this chapter, contain the
prophet's prayer by way of appeal to God against those wicked men:
Lord, (saith he,) though they are resolved to take no heed to m...
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Jeremiah 18:19 heed H7181 (H8685) LORD H3068 listen H8085 (H8798)
voice H6963 contend H3401
Give - Jeremiah 20:12; Psalms 55:16-17, Psalms 64:1-4, Psalms 56:1-3,
Psalms 109:4,...
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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 re...
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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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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 18:19 MY ADVERSARIES. Those plotting
against Jeremiah.
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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 hous...
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2 Kings 19:16; Jeremiah 20:12; Luke 6:11; Luke 6:12; Micah 7:8;
Nehemiah 4:4; Nehemiah 4:5; Nehemiah 6:9; Psalms 109:28; Psalms 109:4;...