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Jeremiah 18:5

Then the Word of the Lord came to me saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- The Topic Concordance - Disobedience;   Evil;   God;   Government;   Turning;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Potter;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Clay;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Pottery;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Evil;   Jeremiah;   Oracles;   Vessels and Utensils;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Potter;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Potter;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aceldama;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to me:
Hebrew Names Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
King James Version
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
English Standard Version
Then the word of the Lord came to me:
New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Century Version
Then the Lord spoke his word to me:
Amplified Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me:
World English Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to me saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Contemporary English Version
Then the Lord told me to say:
Complete Jewish Bible
Then the word of Adonai came to me:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then this message from the Lord came to me:
George Lamsa Translation
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Good News Translation
Then the Lord said to me,
Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde the LORDE thus vnto me:
American Standard Version
Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
King James Version (1611)
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde the Lorde thus vnto me:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
English Revised Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,
Update Bible Version
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New English Translation
Then the Lord said to me,
New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
New Living Translation
Then the Lord gave me this message:
New Revised Standard
Then the word of the Lord came to me:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me:
Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying:
THE MESSAGE
Then God 's Message came to me: "Can't I do just as this potter does, people of Israel?" God 's Decree! "Watch this potter. In the same way that this potter works his clay, I work on you, people of Israel. At any moment I may decide to pull up a people or a country by the roots and get rid of them. But if they repent of their wicked lives, I will think twice and start over with them. At another time I might decide to plant a people or country, but if they don't cooperate and won't listen to me, I will think again and give up on the plans I had for them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Contextual Overview

1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord saying, 2 "Go down to the pot-maker's house, and there I will let you hear My words." 3 So I went down to the pot-maker's house, and saw him making one on the wheel. 4 But the pot he was making of clay did not come out like he wanted it. So the pot-maker used the clay to make another pot that pleased him. 5 Then the Word of the Lord came to me saying, 6 "O people of Israel, can I not do with you as this potmaker has done?" says the Lord. "Like the clay in the pot-maker's hand, so are you in My hand, O people of Israel. 7 If at any time I speak about a nation, to pull up, and to break down and to destroy, 8 and if that nation I spoke against turns from its sin, then I will change My mind about the trouble I planned to bring upon it. 9 If at another time I speak about a nation, that I will build and plant it, 10 and if it does what is sinful in My eyes by not obeying My voice, then I will change My mind about the good I had promised to bring to it.

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Cross-References

Genesis 19:8
See, I have two daughters who have never had a man. Let me bring them out to you. And do to them whatever you want. But do nothing to these men, for they have come to be safe under my roof."
Genesis 33:10
But Jacob said, "No, I ask of you, if I have found favor in your eyes, then receive my gift. For I see your face as one sees the face of God. You have received me with favor.
Judges 6:18
I ask of You, do not leave here until I return to You with my gift and lay it before You." And the Lord said, "I will stay until you return."
Judges 13:15
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, "We ask of you, stay with us. So we may get a young goat ready for you to eat."
Judges 19:5
They got up early in the morning on the fourth day to get ready to go. The girl's father said to his son-in-law, "Eat a piece of bread to get your strength. Then you may go."
Psalms 104:15
wine that makes man's heart glad, oil to make his face shine, and food to make his heart strong.
Isaiah 3:1
See, the Lord, the Lord God of All, is going to take away from Jerusalem and Judah all they have to keep themselves alive and safe, all the bread and all the water.
Matthew 6:11
Give us the bread we need today.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. While he was in the potter's house, and after he had observed his manner of working, and the change he had made in his work, the Lord spoke to him, and applied it in the following manner.


 
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