Jeremiah 18:1

Updated Bible Version

The word which came to 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,

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 :

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The word that came unto Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying:

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 which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, ² Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear my words. ³ Then I went down to the potter's house, and, look, he was making a work on the wheels. ⁴ And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. ⁵ Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, ⁶ O house of Israel, can't I do with you as this potter? says Yahweh. Look, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. ⁷ At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it; ⁸ if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them. ⁹ And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; ¹⁰ if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they do not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.

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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 to Abram, and said, To your seed I will give this land: and there he built an altar to Yahweh, who appeared to him.

Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, Don't be afraid, Abram: I am your shield, [and] your exceeding great reward.

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

Genesis 18:1
And Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

Genesis 18:3
and said, My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, don't pass away, I pray you, from your slave:

Genesis 26:2
And Yahweh appeared to him, and said, Don't go down into Egypt. Dwell in the land which I shall tell you of.

Genesis 48:3
And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

Exodus 4:1
And Moses answered and said, But, look, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, Yahweh has not appeared to you.

2 Chronicles 1:7
In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give you.

Acts 7:2
And he said, Men, brothers and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when 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.