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Young's Literal Translation

Jeremiah 18:2

Rise, and thou hast gone down [to] the potter's house, and there I cause thee to hear My words;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Arts and Crafts;   Potters;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Man;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Potter;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Craft workers;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Clay;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aceldama;   Clay;   Zechariah, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Commerce;   Economic Life;   Evil;   Jeremiah;   Occupations and Professions in the Bible;   Oracles;   Vessels and Utensils;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hosea;   Potter, Pottery;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Akeldama;   Judas Iscariot (2);   Potter;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;   Potter;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Handicraft;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Akeldama;   Potter;   Prophecy;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aceldama;   Clay;   Judas Iscariot;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Go down at once to the potter’s house; there I will reveal my words to you.”
Hebrew Names Version
Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.
King James Version
Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
English Standard Version
"Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will let you hear my words."
New American Standard Bible
"Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will announce My words to you."
New Century Version
"Go down to the potter's house, and I will give you my message there."
Amplified Bible
"Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will make you hear My words."
World English Bible
Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Arise, and go downe into the potters house, and there shall I shewe thee my words.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will make you hear My words."
Berean Standard Bible
"Go down at once to the potter's house, and there I will reveal My message to you."
Contemporary English Version
"Go to the pottery shop, and when you get there, I will tell you what to say to the people."
Complete Jewish Bible
"Get up, and go down to the potter's house; there I will tell you more."
Darby Translation
Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Jeremiah, go down to the potter's house. I will give you my message there."
George Lamsa Translation
Arise and go down to the potters house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.
Good News Translation
"Go down to the potter's house, where I will give you my message."
Lexham English Bible
"Stand up and go down to the house of the potter, and there I will let you hear my words."
Literal Translation
Rise up and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear My Words.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Arise, and go downe in to the Potters house, and there shall I tell the more off my mynde.
American Standard Version
Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
Bible in Basic English
Up! go down to the potter's house, and there I will let my words come to your ears.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear My words.'
King James Version (1611)
Arise and go downe to the potters house, & there I will cause thee to heare my words.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Arise, and go downe into the potters house, & there shal I tell thee more of my mynde,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Jeremias, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there thou shalt hear my words.
English Revised Version
Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, Rise thou, and go doun in to the hous of a pottere, and there thou schalt here my wordis.
Update Bible Version
Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.
Webster's Bible Translation
Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
New English Translation
"Go down at once to the potter's house. I will speak to you further there."
New King James Version
"Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear My words."
New Living Translation
"Go down to the potter's shop, and I will speak to you there."
New Life Bible
"Go down to the pot-maker's house, and there I will let you hear My words."
New Revised Standard
"Come, go down to the potter's house, and there I will let you hear my words."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Arise and go down to the house of the potter, - and, there, will I cause thee to hear my words.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Arise, and go down into the potter’s house, and there thou shalt hear my words.
Revised Standard Version
"Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will let you hear my words."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will announce My words to you."

Contextual Overview

1 The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, 2 Rise, and thou hast gone down [to] the potter's house, and there I cause thee to hear My words; 3 and I go down [to] the potter's house, and lo, he is doing a work on the stones, 4 and marred is the vessel that he is making, as clay in the hand of the potter, and he hath turned and he maketh it another vessel, as it was right in the eyes of the potter to make. 5 And there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying: 6 As this potter am I not able to do to you? O house of Israel, an affirmation of Jehovah. 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, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy, 8 And that nation hath turned from its evil, Because I have spoken against it, Then I have repented of the evil that I thought to do to it. 9 And the moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant, 10 And it hath done the evil thing in Mine eyes, So as not to hearken to My voice, Then I have repented of the good That I have spoken of doing to it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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and go: Jeremiah 13:1, Jeremiah 19:1, Jeremiah 19:2, Isaiah 20:2, Ezekiel 4:1 - Ezekiel 5:1, Amos 7:7, Hebrews 1:1

cause: Jeremiah 23:22, Acts 9:6

Reciprocal: Isaiah 64:8 - are the clay Jeremiah 27:2 - put Jeremiah 43:9 - great Ezekiel 12:3 - prepare

Cross-References

Genesis 18:3
And he saith, `My Lord, if, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, do not, I pray thee, pass on from thy servant;
Genesis 18:6
And Abraham hasteth towards the tent, unto Sarah, and saith, `Hasten three measures of flour-meal, knead, and make cakes;'
Genesis 18:7
and Abraham ran unto the herd, and taketh a son of the herd, tender and good, and giveth unto the young man, and he hasteth to prepare it;
Genesis 18:11
And Sarah is hearkening at the opening of the tent, which is behind him;
Genesis 18:16
And the men rise from thence, and look on the face of Sodom, and Abraham is going with them to send them away;
Genesis 19:1
And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself -- face to the earth,
Genesis 23:7
And Abraham riseth and boweth himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,
Genesis 32:24
And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn;
Genesis 43:26
And Joseph cometh into the house, and they bring to him the present which [is] in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth;
Genesis 43:28
and they say, `Thy servant our father [is] well, he is yet alive;' and they bow, and do obeisance.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Arise, and go down to the potter's house,.... Which, no doubt, was well known to the prophet; but where it was is not certain. Some think Jeremiah was in the temple, and this house was beneath it, and therefore he is bid to go down to it; but of this there is no certainty, nor even probability: it is most likely that this house was without the city, perhaps near the potter's field, Matthew 27:10; and which lying low, he is ordered to go down to it:

and there I will cause thee to hear my words; there the Lord would tell him what he had further to say to him, and what he should say to the people; and where by lively representations, by sensible objects before him, he would cause him to understand more clearly what he said and designed to do: as God sometimes represented things to the minds of the prophets in dreams and visions, setting before them mental objects, and raising in their minds ideas of things; so sometimes he represented things to them by real visible objects, and, by similes taken from thence, conveyed unto them a clear and distinct knowledge of his mind and will, and they to the people; which was the case here.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

House - i. e., workshop. The clay-field where the potters exercised their craft lay to the south of Jerusalem just beyond the valley of Hinnom. Compare Zechariah 11:13; Matthew 27:10.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 18:2. Go down to the potter's house — By this similitude God shows the absolute state of dependence on himself in which he has placed mankind. They are as clay in the hands of the potter; and in reference to every thing here below, he can shape their destinies as he pleases. Again; though while under the providential care of God they may go morally astray, and pervert themselves, yet they can be reclaimed by the almighty and all-wise Operator, and become such vessels as seemeth good for him to make. In considering this parable we must take heed that in running parallels we do not destroy the free agency of man, nor disgrace the goodness and supremacy of God.


 
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