Jeremiah 18:3

Jeremiah 18:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
• New International Version (NIV)So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was working at his wheel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel.

Context of Jeremiah 18:3

1The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2“Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will make you hear My words.” Then I went down to the potter’s house, and saw that he was working at the wheel. 4But the vessel that he was making from clay was spoiled by the potter’s hand; so he made it over, reworking it and making it into another pot that seemed good to him. 5Then the word of the Lord came to me:

Jeremiah 18:3 word by word

וָאֵרֵ֖ד בֵּ֣ית הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר וְהִנֵּה־ה֛וּא עֹשֶׂ֥ה מְלָאכָ֖ה עַל־הָאָבְנָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then I went downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• to the potter’sיָצַרyâtsar · to form: potterH3335
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and, beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• he wroughtעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: [do]H6213
• a workמְלָאכָהmelâ'kâh · workH4399
• on the wheelsאֹבֶן'ôben · wheelH70

Cross-references for Jeremiah 18:3

• Jonah 1:3But Jonah ran away to Tarshish to escape from the presence of the Lord [and his duty as His prophet]. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish [the most remote of the Phoenician trading cities]. So he paid the fare and went down into the ship to go with them to Tarshish away from the presence of the Lord.
• John 15:14You are my friends if you keep on doing what I command you.
• Acts 26:19“So, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

Commentaries on Jeremiah 18:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3He wrought a work on the wheels - האבנים אל al haabnayim, upon the stones, the potter's wheel being usually made of such, the spindle of the moving stone being placed on a stone below, on which it turned, and supported the stone above, on which the vessel was manufactured, and which alone had a rotatory motion. The potter's wheel in the present day seems to differ very little from that which was in use between two and three thousand years ago.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The wheels - literally, “the two wheels.” The lower one was worked by the feet to give motion to the upper one, which was a flat disc or plate of wood, on which the potter laid the clay, and moulded it with his fingers as it revolved rapidly.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Jeremiah watched the potter shape a clay jar. The potter then crushed it and began again.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. wheels--literally, "on both stones." The potter's horizontal lathe consisted of two round plates, the lower one larger, the upper smaller; of stone originally, but afterwards of wood. On the upper the potter moulded the clay into what shapes he pleased. They are found represented in Egyptian remains. In Ex 1:16 alone is the Hebrew word found elsewhere, but in a different sense.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 18:3

• Art
• Pottery
• Wheel

In the dictionaries

• Clay
• Pottery
• Smite
• Wag
• Birth-Stool
• Potter; Pottery
• Providence
• Stool
• Wheel
• Handicraft

Commentaries on Jeremiah 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings