New American Standard Bible 1995
Jeremiah 18:2-12
2“AriseH6965 and 1goH3381 downH3381 to the potter’sH3335 houseH1004, and thereH8033 I will announceH8085 My wordsH1697 to you.” 3Then I wentH3381 downH3381 to the potter’sH3335 houseH1004, and thereH2009 he was, makingH6213 somethingH4399 on the 2wheelH70. 4But the vesselH3627 that he was makingH6213 of clayH2563 was spoiledH7843 in the handH3027 of the potterH3335; so he remadeH7725H6213 it into anotherH312 vesselH3627, as it pleasedH5869H3474 the potterH3335 to makeH6213.
5Then the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 cameH1961 to me sayingH559, 6“CanH3201 I not, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, dealH6213 with you as thisH2088 potterH3335 does?” declaresH5002 the LordH3068. “BeholdH2009, like the 3clayH2563 in the potter’sH3335 handH3027, soH3651 are you in My handH3027, O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478. 7At one momentH7281 I might speakH1696 concerningH5921 a nationH1471 or concerningH5921 a kingdomH4467 to 4uprootH5428, to pullH5422 downH5422, or to destroyH6 it; 85if that nationH1471 againstH5921 whichH834 I have spokenH1696 turnsH7725 from its evilH7463, I will 67relentH5162 concerningH5921 the calamityH7463 I plannedH2803 to bringH6213 on it. 9Or at another momentH7281 I might speakH1696 concerningH5921 a nationH1471 or concerningH5921 a kingdomH4467 to 8buildH1129 up or to plantH5193 it; 10if it doesH6213 9evilH7451 in My sightH5869 by not obeyingH8085 My voiceH6963, then I will 1011thinkH5162 betterH5162 of the goodH2899 with whichH834 I had promisedH559 to 12blessH3190 it. 11So nowH6258 then, speakH559 to the menH376 of JudahH3063 and againstH5921 the inhabitantsH3427 of JerusalemH3389 sayingH559, ‘ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068, “BeholdH2009, I am 13fashioningH3335 calamityH7463 againstH5921 you and devisingH2803 a planH4284 againstH5921 you. OhH4994 14turnH7725 backH7725, eachH376 of you from his evilH7451 wayH1870, and 15reformH3190 your waysH1870 and your deedsH4611.”’ 12But 16they will sayH559, ‘It’s hopelessH2976! For we are goingH1980 to followH310H1980 our own plansH4284, and eachH376 of us will actH6213 according to the 17stubbornnessH8307 of his evilH7451 heartH3820.’
Notes
- 1. Jeremiah 18:2 Jer 19:1, 2 ↩
- 2. Jeremiah 18:3 Lit pair of stone discs ↩
- 3. Jeremiah 18:6 Is 45:9; 64:8; Matt 20:15; Rom 9:21 ↩
- 4. Jeremiah 18:7 Jer 1:10 ↩
- 5. Jeremiah 18:8 Jer 7:3-7; 12:16; Ezek 18:21 ↩
- 6. Jeremiah 18:8 Lit repent of ↩
- 7. Jeremiah 18:8 Ps 106:45; Jer 26:3, 13, 19; Hos 11:8; Joel 2:13, 14; Jon 3:10 ↩
- 8. Jeremiah 18:9 Jer 1:10; 31:28; Amos 9:11-15 ↩
- 9. Jeremiah 18:10 Ps 125:5; Jer 7:24-28; Ezek 33:18 ↩
- 10. Jeremiah 18:10 Lit repent ↩
- 11. Jeremiah 18:10 1 Sam 2:30; 13:13 ↩
- 12. Jeremiah 18:10 Lit do it good ↩
- 13. Jeremiah 18:11 Is 5:5; Jer 4:6; 11:11 ↩
- 14. Jeremiah 18:11 2 Kin 17:13; Is 1:16-19; Jer 4:1; Acts 26:20 ↩
- 15. Jeremiah 18:11 Lit make good ↩
- 16. Jeremiah 18:12 Is 57:10; Jer 2:25 ↩
- 17. Jeremiah 18:12 Deut 29:19; Jer 7:24; 16:12 ↩
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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