Scofield's Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 18:1
The word
Israel (the whole nation) a vessel marred in the Potter's hand, is the key to this prophetic strain. But Jehovah will make "it again another vessel" (Jeremiah 18:4).
The word
Israel (the whole nation) a vessel marred in the Potter's hand, is the key to this prophetic strain. But Jehovah will make "it again another vessel" (Jeremiah 18:4).
CHAPTER XVIII _The type of the potter's vessel, and its signification_, 1-10. _The inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem exhorted to repentance_, 11; _but on their refusal, (which is represented to b...
In the first prophecy of the series Jeremiah 18, the fate of Jerusalem was still undetermined; a long line of kings might yet reign there in splendor, and the city be inhabited forever. This was possi...
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...
JEREMIAH'S TWELFTH PROPHECY (see book comments for Jeremiah). THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
THE WORD, &C.— We have here a new discourse of Jeremiah. The Lord commands him to go down to a certain potter, where he would cause him to hear his word. God frequently makes use of this comparison of...
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...
_THE WORD WHICH CAME TO JEREMIAH FROM THE LORD, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse....
1-17. Figure of the potter's clay....
XVIII. (1) THE WORD WHICH CAME TO JEREMIAH. — The message that follows comes in close sequence upon that of the preceding chapter, _i.e.,_ probably before the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim. I...
הַ דָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֣ה אֶֽל ־יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ...
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...
CONTENTS The Prophet, in this Chapter, is preaching by type and figure. Under the similitude of a Potter, the Lord showeth his sovereignty. The people are offended at the Prophet's preaching. The Lor...
It is blessed for every child of God, and much more for all the Prophets of the Lord, I mean the ministers of the Lord, to sit down in silent waiting at the feet of Jesus to be prepared for his servic...
The sum of what is here taught is, that as the Jews gloried in God’s singular favor, which yet had been conferred on them for a different purpose, even that they might be his sacred heritage, it was n...
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...
THE WORD WHICH CAME TO JEREMIAH FROM THE LORD, SAYING. The word of prophecy, as the Targum: this is a distinct prophecy from the former, though it may be connected with it; it referring to the destruc...
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Ver. 1. _The word which came to Jeremiah._] To show the just punishment of the people for disobeying the precept concerning the Sabbath, Jer 17:...
_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 word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,...
THE PARABLE OF THE POTTER...
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...
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 18 By the parable of a potter God's absolute power in disposing of nations is set forth, JEREMIAH 18:1. Judah's unparalleled revolt, and her judgments, JEREMIAH 18:11. The prophet pra...
Jeremiah 18:1 word H1697 Jeremiah H3414 LORD H3068 saying H559 (H8800)...
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 18:1 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...
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...
Jeremiah 18:1...