Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Jeremiah 18:4
that he made of clay, was marred in the hand of the potter:
Or, that he made, was marred as clay in the hand of the potter
made it again:
Heb. returned and made
that he made of clay, was marred in the hand of the potter:
Or, that he made, was marred as clay in the hand of the potter
made it again:
Heb. returned and made
Verse Jeremiah 18:4. _THE VESSEL - WAS MARRED IN THE HANDS OF THE POTTER_] It did not stand in the working; it got out of shape; or some _gravel_ or _small stone_ having been incorporated with the ma...
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...
_in the hand of the potter_ rather, as LXX, _in his hands_, thus avoiding harshness. "The potter" has doubtless crept into MT. from being a marginal gloss. Its admission to the MT. drew with it, throu...
CHAPTER ELEVEN THE POTTER AND HIS VESSELS Jeremiah 18:1 to Jeremiah 20:18 Chapter s 18-20 are composed of various types of literature centering around the common theme of the potter's vessels. The f...
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. AND THE VESSEL THAT HE MADE OF CLAY WAS MARRED...
18:4 clay, (c-10) Another reading is found in many MSS., 'that he made of clay was spoiled.'...
1-17. Figure of the potter's clay....
OF CLAY. — The reading in the margin, which gives “as clay,” must be regarded as a clerical error, originating, probably, in the desire to bring the text into conformity with Jeremiah 18:6, that in th...
וְ נִשְׁחַ֣ת הַ כְּלִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר ה֥וּא עֹשֶׂ֛ה
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...
And the vessel that he made of (a) clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make [it]. (a) As the potter has power over the cla...
_Broken. So Providence ordered it. (St. Jerome) --- How should this idea humble man! (Calmet) --- A potter may mould afresh the clay as long as it is soft, but God can change the hardest heart. (Worth...
Reader! Was not our nature marred by sin after it came out of the hands of our Almighty Potter? Did the Lord throw it away? No! He new made it in Christ Jesus. Oh! what numberless, sweet instructions,...
He then relates what had been enjoined him, that he descended into the potter’s house; and then he relates what he saw there — that when the potter formed a vessel _it was marred_, and that he then ma...
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...
AND THE VESSEL THAT HE MADE OF CLAY,.... Which is the matter the vessel is made of: WAS MARRED IN THE HAND OF THE POTTER; while he was working it; either it fell, as the Septuagint version renders it...
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make [it]. Ver. 4. _And the vessel which he made of clay...
_The word which came to Jeremiah_, &c. We have here the beginning of a new discourse of Jeremiah, which, if introduced in its proper place, as we have reason to think it is, was probably also, as well...
THE PARABLE OF THE POTTER...
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 agai...
1-10 While Jeremiah looks upon the potter's work, God darts into his mind two great truths. God has authority, and power, to form and fashion kingdoms and nations as he pleases. He may dispose of us...
That which we read OF CLAY may be read, (as our margin tells us,)_ as clay_; that is, _while it was yet clay_ it was spoiled in the potter's hand, so as he did not think fit to go on with his design a...
Jeremiah 18:4 vessel H3627 made H6213 (H8802) clay H2563 marred H7843 (H8738) hand H3027 potter H3335 ...
THE LESSON OF THE PATIENT POTTER (JEREMIAH 18:1). In one of the most beautiful illustrations in the Old Testament YHWH illustrates His readiness ever to show mercy in the lesson of the patient potter....
Jeremiah 18:3 _(with Jeremiah 19:1; Jeremiah 19:10)_ I. There is a Divine ideal possible for every man. God has not made any man simply for destruction. He has an archetype or pattern before Him, whi...
Jeremiah 18:1 Consider what Jeremiah's business was, and how the potter might help him in understanding and performing it. I. Jeremiah sees a man engaged in a task to which he is devoting all his tho...
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...
_Go down to the potter’s house._ THE POTTER AND THE CLAY (with Romans 9:19):--The potter and the clay! Is not that parable the germ of all that is most oppressive in the “terrible decree” of Calvinis...
THE MARRED VESSEL When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel. Jeremiah 18:4. I wonder how many of you have watched a potter at wo...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 18:4 SPOILED. It did not develop properly. REWORKED. The potter shaped and reshaped the wet clay to keep the developing vessel symmetrical....
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 45:9; Jeremiah 18:6; Romans 9:20...