What does Jeremiah 18:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them."
Verse Jeremiah 18:8. Jeremiah 18:7....
I WILL REPENT OF THE EVIL ... I WILL REPENT OF THE GOOD - All God’s dealings with mankind are here declared to be conditional. God changeth not, all depends upon man’s conduct....
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 commanded to go...
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...
EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a',_ App-44. I WILL REPENT. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._...
See introd. note....
IF THAT NATION, AGAINST WHOM, &C.— As the threats of God are conditional, when they are suspended by his long-suffering and mercy, or prevented by the amendment of the persons against whom they are de...
B. The Interpretation for the Prophet Jeremiah 18:5-10 TRANSLATION (5) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (6) Am I not able to do to you as this potter (oracle of the LORD)? Behold, like...
If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. IF THAT NATION, AGAINST WHOM I HAVE PRONOUNCED, TURN FROM THEIR EVIL...
1-17. Figure of the potter's clay....
(7-10) AT WHAT INSTANT I SHALL SPEAK CONCERNING A NATION... — The words carry the thoughts of the prophet back to those which had been stamped indelibly on his memory when he was first called to his w...
וְ שָׁב֙ הַ גֹּ֣וי הַ ה֔וּא מֵ רָ֣עָתֹ֔ו אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי עָלָ֑יו וְ נִֽחַמְתִּי֙ עַל...
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 be...
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...
If that nation, against which I have pronounced, shall turn from their evil, I will (b) repent of the evil that I thought to do to them. (b) When the Scripture attributes repentance to God, it is not...
_Shall repent, having free-will, though prevented by grace. (St. Jerome)_...
The Lord himself explains and applies his type of the Potter. And in Jesus how hath the doctrine been fully proved? Surely the Lord can with infinitely more ease create new hearts in his people, and r...
But the Prophet speaks first of punishment; _Suddenly_, he says, _will I speak of a nation and of a kingdom, to pull down, to extirpate and to destroy_; that is, even they who seem far from all danger...
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...
IF THAT NATION AGAINST WHOM I HAVE PRONOUNCED,.... Such a sentence as this, should immediately, upon the above declaration, do as Nineveh did: TURN FROM THEIR EVIL; their evil of sin, their evil ways...
If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. Ver. 8. _Turn from their evil._] If I may see such work among them, as...
_At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation_, &c. God speaks thus concerning nations and kingdoms in his word, and by his prophets and ministers. Thus he told Jeremiah 1:10, that he had set him...
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 a...
IF THAT NATION, AGAINST WHOM I HAVE PRONOUNCED, TURN FROM THEIR EVIL; if that nation leaveth off those sinful courses which I have by my prophets threatened with judgments; I WILL REPENT OF THE EVIL T...
Jeremiah 18:8 nation H1471 spoken H1696 (H8765) turns H7725 (H8804) evil H7451 relent H5162 (H8738) disaster H7451 thought H2803 (H8804) bring H6213 (H8800) that nation - Jeremiah 7:3-7, Jeremiah 36:...
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...
REPENT (_ See Scofield) - (Zechariah 8:14). _...
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...
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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 hous...
1 Kings 8:33; 1 Kings 8:34; 2 Chronicles 12:6; Amos 7:3; Deuteronomy 32:36; Exodus 32:12; Ezekiel 18:21; Ezekiel 33:11; Ezekiel 33:13;...