Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah 18:3
3So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, working away at the wheel.
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
1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2“Go down at once to the potter’s house; there I will reveal my words to you.” So 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. 5The word of the Lord came to me:
Read all of Jeremiah 18Jeremiah 18:3 word by word
וָאֵרֵ֖ד בֵּ֣ית הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר וְהִנֵּה־ה֛וּא עֹשֶׂ֥ה מְלָאכָ֖ה עַל־הָאָבְנָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Jeremiah 18:3
- Jonah 1:3Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the Lord’s presence. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the Lord’s presence.
- John 15:14You are my friends if you do what I command you.
- Acts 26:19“So then, 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
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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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