George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 18:22
For. Protestants, "when." (Haydock) --- Robber. So Nabuchodonosor and all professional conquerors are styled. (Calmet)
For. Protestants, "when." (Haydock) --- Robber. So Nabuchodonosor and all professional conquerors are styled. (Calmet)
The sack of the city follows with all the horrible cruelties practiced at such a time....
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
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...
TROOP. marauders....
See introd. note to section....
The havoc wrought in battle outside the walls is followed by the sacking of the houses of the city. _they have digged a pit … and hid snares_ Cp. Psalms 57:6....
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...
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...
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. LET A CRY BE HEARD FROM THEIR HOUSES - by...
18:22 cry (e-3) Or 'A cry shall.'...
1-17. Figure of the potter's clay....
LET A CRY BE HEARD FROM THEIR HOUSES. — _i.e.,_ let their city be taken by the enemy and the people suffer all the outrage and cruelty which their heathen invaders can inflict. What these were, the hi...
תִּשָּׁמַ֤ע זְעָקָה֙ מִ בָּ֣תֵּיהֶ֔ם כִּֽי ־תָבִ֧יא...
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...
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...
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...
He proceeds with his imprecation, he then wishes that a cry should he heard from the houses, as though he had said, “Let there be no refuge for them when their calamity shall happen:” For his own hous...
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...
LET A CRY BE HEARD FROM THEIR HOUSES,.... A shrieking of women and children, not only for the loss of husbands and parents, but because of the entrance of the enemy into the city, and into their house...
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. Ver. 22. _When thou shalt bring a troop._] T...
_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...
THE PARABLE FURTHER APPLIED...
Let a cry be heard from their houses, as the attacking forces enter, WHEN THOU SHALT BRING A TROOP SUDDENLY UPON THEM, namely, the murderous hordes of the invaders; FOR THEY HAVE DIGGED A PIT TO TAKE...
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...
That is, Let the enemy break into their houses, which are, in an ordinary course of providence, men's castles and sanctuaries, and cause such shrieks as use to be heard in such cases, for their malici...
Jeremiah 18:22 cry H2201 heard H8085 (H8735) houses H1004 bring H935 (H8686) troop H1416 suddenly H6597 dug...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Isaiah 10:30; Isaiah 22:1; Jeremiah 18:20; Jeremiah 20:10;...