THE VOICE - i. e., the outcry and threats....
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...
See introd. note to section....
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...
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...
1-17. Figure of the potter's clay....
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...
הַקְשִׁ֥יבָה יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י וּ שְׁמַ֖ע לְ קֹ֥
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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....
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...
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...
Jeremiah 18:19 heed H7181 (H8685) LORD H3068 listen H8085 (H8798) voice H6963 contend H3401 Give -...
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...
2 Kings 19:16; Jeremiah 20:12; Luke 6:11; Luke 6:12; Micah 7:8;...