Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah 18:2
2“Go down at once to the potter’s house; there I will reveal my words to you.”
Jeremiah 18:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
- New International Version (NIV)“Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will let you hear my words."
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.”
Context of Jeremiah 18:2
1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Go down at once to the potter’s house; there I will reveal my words to you.” 3So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, working away at the wheel. 4But the jar that he was making from the clay became flawed in the potter’s hand, so he made it into another jar, as it seemed right for him to do.
Read all of Jeremiah 18Jeremiah 18:2 word by word
ק֥וּם וְיָרַדְתָּ֖ בֵּ֣ית הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר וְשָׁ֖מָּה אַשְׁמִֽיעֲךָ֥ אֶת־דְּבָרָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 18:2
- Jeremiah 13:1This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen undergarment and put it on. But do not put it in water.”
- Jeremiah 19:1This is what the Lord says: “Go, buy a potter’s clay jar. Take some of the elders of the people and some of the leading priests
- Isaiah 20:2during that time the Lord had spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, take off your sackcloth from your waist and remove the sandals from your feet,” and he did that, going stripped and barefoot —
- Ezekiel 4:1“Now you, son of man, take a brick, set it in front of you, and draw the city of Jerusalem on it.
- Ezekiel 5:1“Now you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as you would a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.
- Amos 7:7He showed me this: The Lord was standing there by a vertical wall with a plumb line in his hand.
- Hebrews 1:1Long ago God spoke to our ancestors by the prophets at different times and in different ways.
- Jeremiah 23:22If they had really stood in my council, they would have enabled my people to hear my words and would have turned them from their evil ways and their evil deeds.
- Acts 9:6“But get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 18:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Go 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2House - 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.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. 1-232. go down--namely, from the high ground on which the temple stood, near which Jeremiah exercised his prophetic office, to the low ground, where some well-known (this is the force of "the") potter had his workshop.Read the comment
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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
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