Jeremiah 18:1

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

The word that came unto Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

Hebrew Names Version
The word which came to Yirmeyahu from the LORD, saying,

King James Version
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord , saying,

English Standard Version
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord :

New American Standard Bible
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

New Century Version
This is the word the Lord spoke to Jeremiah:

Amplified Bible
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

World English Bible
The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
The worde which came to Ieremiah from the Lord, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh saying,

Berean Standard Bible
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

Contemporary English Version
The Lord told me,

Complete Jewish Bible
This word came to Yirmeyahu from Adonai :

Darby Translation
The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
This is the message that came to Jeremiah from the Lord :

George Lamsa Translation
THE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying.

Good News Translation
The Lord said to me,

Lexham English Bible
The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

Literal Translation
The Word which was to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This is another communicacion, that God had with Ieremy, sayenge:

American Standard Version
The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

Bible in Basic English
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying:

King James Version (1611)
The word which came to Ieremiah from ye Lord saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
This is another communication that God had with Ieremie, saying:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The word that came from the Lord to

English Revised Version
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The word that was maad of the Lord to Jeremye,

Update Bible Version
The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

New English Translation
The Lord said to Jeremiah:

New King James Version
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying:

New Living Translation
The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said,

New Life Bible
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord saying,

New Revised Standard
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord :

Douay-Rheims Bible
The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying:

Revised Standard Version
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

Young's Literal Translation
The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

THE MESSAGE
God told Jeremiah, "Up on your feet! Go to the potter's house. When you get there, I'll tell you what I have to say."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ The word that came unto Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying: ² Arise and go down to the house of the potter, - and, there, will I cause thee to hear my words. ³ So I went down, to the house of the potter, - and there he was! making a piece of work on the wheels, ⁴ Then was marred, the vessel that he was making, while yet it was clay in the hand of the potter, - so he turned and made of it another vessel, as seemed right in the eyes of the potter to make it. ⁵ Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying: ⁶ Like this potter, can I not deal with you O house of Israel? Demandeth Yahweh: Lo! as clay in the hand of the potter, So, are, ye, in my hand O house of Israel. ⁷ The moment I speak, concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, - to pull up and to break down, and to destroy; ⁸ and that nation return from its wickedness against whom I have spoken, then will I repent concerning the calamity which I had devised to bring upon it. ⁹ And, the moment I speak, concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, - to build and to plant; ¹⁰ and it commit wickedness in mine eyes, in not hearkening unto my voice, then will I repent concerning the good wherewith I had said I would do it good.

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Reciprocal: 1 Kings 17:2 - General Isaiah 29:16 - as the potter's

Cross-References

Genesis 12:7
And Yahweh appeared unto Abram, and said: To thy seed, will I give this land, - And he built there an altar, unto Yahweh who appeared unto him.

Genesis 15:1
After these things, came the word of Yahweh unto Abram, in a vision saying, - Do not fear Abram, am a shield to thee, thine exceeding great reward.

Genesis 17:22
And he left off speaking with him, - and God went up from Abraham.

Genesis 18:1
And Yahweh appeared unto him among the oaks of Mamre, - as, he, was sitting at the opening of the tent in the heat of the day.

Genesis 18:3
and said, - O My Lord! if, I pray thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, do not I pray thee pass on from thy servant.

Genesis 26:2
and Yahweh appeared unto him, and said, do not go down towards Egypt, - Make thy habitation in the land, which I may name unto thee:

Genesis 48:3
Then said Jacob unto Joseph, GOD Almighty, appeared unto me in Luz in the land of Canaan, - and blessed me;

Exodus 4:1
Then responded Moses, and said, And lo! they will not believe me, neither hearken to my voice, - for they will say, Yahweh, hath not appeared unto thee.

2 Chronicles 1:7
During that night, God appeared unto Solomon, - and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.

Acts 7:2
And, he, said - Brethren and fathers, hearken! The God of Glory, appeared unto our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, -

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 destruction threatened in the latter part of the preceding chapter.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the first prophecy of the series Jeremiah 18:0, 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 possible only so long as it was still undecided whether Josiah’s efforts would end in a national reformation or not, and before Jehoiakim threw the weight of the kingly office into the opposite balance. In the present prophecy mercy is still offered to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, but they reject it Jeremiah 18:11-12. They have made their final choice: and thereupon follows the third prophecy of “the broken vessel” Jeremiah 19:1-15 in which the utter overthrow of city and kingdom is foretold. We should thus place this prophecy of the potter very early in the reign of Jehoiakim; and that of the broken vessel at the commencement of his fourth year. This internal evidence is confirmed by external proof.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 be as unnatural

as if a man should prefer the snowy Lebanon or barren rock to a

fruitful plain, or other waters to the cool stream of the

fountain,) their destruction is predicted, 12-17.

In consequence of these plain reproofs and warnings of

Jeremiah, a conspiracy is formed against him, 18.

This leads him to appeal to God for his integrity, 19, 20;

who puts a most dreadful curse in the mouth of his prophet,

strongly indicative of the terrible fate of his enemies, 21-23.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVIII

Verse Jeremiah 18:1. The word which came to Jeremiah — This discourse is supposed to have been delivered some time in the reign of Jehoiakim, probably within the first three years.