"Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slayd me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger."
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YET, LORD - Better, But, Lord. They conceal their plots, but God
knows, and therefore must punish.
NEITHER BLOT OUT ... - Or, “blot not out their sin from before Thy
face that they may be made to stu...
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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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THEIR COUNSEL. See App-85.
FORGIVE NOT. See App-86.
INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avon._ App-44.
SIN. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44....
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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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Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me:
forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight,
but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in...
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18:23 me. (f-12) Or 'their deadly counsel against me '...
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1-17. Figure of the potter's clay....
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YET, LORD, THOU KNOWEST ALL THEIR COUNSEL... — Secret as their plots
had been, they were not hidden from Jehovah, nor, indeed, as the words
show, from the prophet himself. The words might seem, at fir...
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וְ אַתָּ֣ה יְ֠הוָה יָדַ֜עְתָּ אֶֽת
־כָּל ־עֲצָתָ֤ם עָלַי֙ לַ † מָּ֔וֶת
אַל ־תְּכַפֵּר֙ עַל...
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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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_Destroy. Hebrew, "with them." use them as vessels of ignominy:
abutere. (Haydock)_...
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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 words of the last verse of the eighteenth chapter we gave
yesterday. Let us now see what the Prophet means by them, and what
fruit we ought to gather from them. He says, that God was a witness of...
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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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YET, LORD, THOU KNOWEST ALL THEIR COUNSEL AGAINST ME TO SLAY [ME],....
However deep they had laid them; and however unknown they were to him;
or however private and secret they might be thought to be...
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Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay [me]:
forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight,
but let them be overthrown before thee; deal [thus] with them...
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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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TO SLAY ME:
_ Heb._ for death...
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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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LORD, THOU KNOWEST ALL THEIR COUNSEL AGAINST ME TO SLAY ME; Lord, thou
knowest I do not charge them falsely, though their counsels have been
secret against my life. _Forgive not their iniquity, neithe...
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Jeremiah 18:23 LORD H3068 know H3045 (H8804) counsel H6098 slay H4194
atonement H3722 (H8762) iniquity H5771 out H4229 (H8686) sin H2403
sight H6440 overthrown H3782 (H8716) before H6440 Deal H6213 (H...
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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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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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Isaiah 10:3; Isaiah 2:9; Jeremiah 11:18; Jeremiah 11:23; Jeremiah
15:15; Jeremiah 18:18; Jeremiah 8:12; Luke 21:22; Nehemiah 4:4;
Nehemiah