Jeremiah 18:1-10
THE PARABLE OF THE POTTER... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PARABLE OF THE POTTER... [ Continue Reading ]
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Arise and go down to the potter's house, his workshop being located in the lower part of the city, near the clay-pits, AND THERE I WILL CAUSE THEE TO HEAR MY WORDS, in a special message intended for the people of Judah.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels, literally, "on the disks," for the potter's lathe consisted of two horizontal wooden plates, the lower one larger than the upper, the clay being molded into shape on the upper disk.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter, it was spoiled in the making, due to some mischance; SO HE MADE IT AGAIN ANOTHER VESSEL, using the same lump of clay over again, AS SEEMED GOOD TO THE POTTER TO MAKE IT. This was the incident which the Lord used as the basis o... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
O house of Israel, the entire nation being addressed, as including the true Church of God, CANNOT I DO WITH YOU AS THIS POTTER? SAITH THE LORD, namely, in discarding a people that had proved unfaithful to His call and choosing others in its stead. BEHOLD, AS THE CLAY IS IN THE POTTER'S HAND, SO ARE... [ Continue Reading ]
At what instant, namely, in a moment of time, WHEN THE NATION LEAST EXPECTS IT, I SHALL SPEAK CONCERNING A NATION AND CONCERNING A KINGDOM TO PLUCK UP, AND TO PULL DOWN, AND TO DESTROY IT, threatening extermination:... [ Continue Reading ]
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 mercy, according to which He does not desire the death of the sinner.... [ Continue Reading ]
And at what instant, with the same suddenness, I SHALL SPEAK CONCERNING A NATION AND CONCERNING A KINGDOM TO BUILD AND TO PLANT IT, having arranged to carry out a plan of blessing upon it, to give it a position of power and authority above others:... [ Continue Reading ]
if it do evil in My sight, that It obey not My voice, then I will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit them, the obstinacy and wickedness of such a people depriving it of the blessings which the Lord would freely have vouchsafed all its members. It is man's own fault if he does not be... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PARABLE FURTHER APPLIED... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, therefore, go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, in announcing the intention of the Lord on the basis of the nation's behavior, SAYING, THUS SAITH THE LORD, BEHOLD, I FRAME EVIL AGAINST YOU, shaping it as the potter shapes the clay on his wheel, AND DEVISE A DEV... [ Continue Reading ]
And they said, once more stubbornly refusing to heed the warning of the Lord, THERE IS NO HOPE, or, "No use!" BUT WE WILL WALK AFTER OUR OWN DEVICES, following after the wicked designs of their own mind, AND WE WILL EVERY ONE DO THE IMAGINATION OF HIS EVIL HEART, abandoning themselves entirely to th... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, thus saith the Lord, in expressing His horror over such behavior as here exhibited by Judah, ASK YE NOW AMONG THE HEATHEN WHO HATH HEARD SUCH THINGS. THE VIRGIN OF ISRAEL, the Lord's betrothed, in whose case one would not have believed such shameless indecency possible, HATH DONE A VERY H... [ Continue Reading ]
Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? literally, ''Will the snow of Lebanon desert the rock of the mountain range?" the point of comparison being in the fact that the snow of the mountains is perennial. OR SHALL THE COLD FLOWING WATERS THAT COME FROM ANOTHER P... [ Continue Reading ]
Because My people hath forgotten Me, they have burned incense to vanity, to the idols, which are nothing in the sight of God, AND THEY HAVE CAUSED THEM TO STUMBLE IN THEIR WAYS FROM THE ANCIENT PATHS, thus leaving the way of the conduct prescribed by God in ancient days, TO WALK IN PATHS, IN A WAY N... [ Continue Reading ]
to make their land desolate and a perpetual hissing, an object of eternal derision and loathing; EVERY ONE THAT PASSETH THEREBY, taking note of the desolation which had come upon the former rich land, SHALL BE ASTONISHED, be rigid with astonishment, AND WAG HIS HEAD, in a gesture expressing maliciou... [ Continue Reading ]
I will scatter them as with an east wind, a violent wind from the desert, BEFORE THE ENEMY; I WILL SHOW THEM THE BACK, AND NOT THE FACE, IN THE DAY OF THEIR CALAMITY, this being done in just retribution upon them, for they had turned their backs to Him and refused Him obedience, 2:27. This threat on... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah, planning wicked designs against his person and life; FOR THE LAW SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE PRIEST, NOR COUNSEL FROM THE WISE, NOR THE WORD FROM THE PROPHET. The meaning evidently is this, that they had no need of Jeremiah, the prophet... [ Continue Reading ]
Give heed to me, O Lord, listening attentively to his cry for deliverance and protection, AND HEARKEN TO THE VOICE OF THEM THAT CONTEND WITH ME, taking note of those who oppose him in his work.... [ Continue Reading ]
Shall evil be recompensed for good? namely, by the fact that the evil plans of his adversaries would be successful. FOR THEY HAVE DIGGED A PIT FOR MY SOUL, where they hoped to catch him unawares. REMEMBER THAT I STOOD BEFORE THEE TO SPEAK GOOD FOR THEM, in an earnest intercession in their behalf, Cf... [ Continue Reading ]
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 FORCE OF THE SWORD, THE SWORD, in the Hebrew, being regarded as possessing hands to perform its murdero... [ Continue Reading ]
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 ME AND HID SNARES FOR MY FEET, as the fowler does for the bird.... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet, Lord, Thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me, being fully aware of their murderous plans against Jeremiah. FORGIVE NOT THEIR INIQUITY, NEITHER BLOT OUT THEIR SIN FROM THY SIGHT, indulgently overlooking their wickedness, BUT LET THEM BE OVERTHROWN BEFORE THEE; DEAL THUS WITH THEM I... [ Continue Reading ]