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Jeremiah 18:3
3I went to the potter’s house, and he was working there at his 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
1The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah. He said, 2“Go to the potter’s house. There I will give you my message.” I went to the potter’s house, and he was working there at his wheel. 4Whenever a clay pot he was working on was ruined, he would rework it into a new clay pot the way he wanted to make it. 5The Lord spoke his word to me. The Lord asked,
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 immediately tried to run away from the Lord by going to Tarshish. He went to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid for the trip and went on board. He wanted to go to Tarshish to get away from the Lord.
- John 15:14You are my friends if you obey my commandments.
- Acts 26:19“At that point I did not disobey the vision I saw from heaven, King Agrippa.
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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