Jeremiah 19:1

Jeremiah 19:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus saith the Lord, Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;
• English Standard Version (ESV)Thus says the Lord, "Go, buy a potter's earthenware flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus says the Lord: “Go and get a potter’s earthen flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests.
• New Living Translation (NLT)This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy a clay jar. Then ask some of the leaders of the people and of the priests to follow you.

Context of Jeremiah 19:1

This is what the Lord says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take along some of the elders of the people and of the priests 2and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. There proclaim the words I tell you, 3and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah and people of Jerusalem. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Listen! I am going to bring a disaster on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle.

Jeremiah 19:1 word by word

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הָל֛וֹךְ וְקָנִ֥יתָ בַקְבֻּ֖ק יוֹצֵ֣ר חָ֑רֶשׂ וּמִזִּקְנֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם וּמִזִּקְנֵ֖י הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• and getקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• a potter’sיָצַרyâtsar · to form: potterH3335
• earthenחֶ֫רֶשׂchereώ · earthenwareH2789
• bottleבַּקְבֻּקbaqbûq · flaskH1228
• of the ancientsזָקֵןzâqên · old: elderH2205
• of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548

Cross-references for Jeremiah 19:1

• Jeremiah 19:10“Then break the jar while those who go with you are watching,
• Jeremiah 18:2“Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.”
• Jeremiah 32:14‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Take these documents, both the sealed and unsealed copies of the deed of purchase, and put them in a clay jar so they will last a long time.
• Isaiah 30:14It will break in pieces like pottery, shattered so mercilessly that among its pieces not a fragment will be found for taking coals from a hearth or scooping water out of a cistern.”
• Lamentations 4:2How the precious children of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!
• 2 Corinthians 4:7But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
• Jeremiah 26:17Some of the elders of the land stepped forward and said to the entire assembly of people,
• Numbers 11:16The Lord said to Moses: “Bring me seventy of Israel’s elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with you.
• 1 Chronicles 24:4A larger number of leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than among Ithamar’s, and they were divided accordingly: sixteen heads of families from Eleazar’s descendants and eight heads of families from Ithamar’s descendants.
• Ezekiel 8:11In front of them stood seventy elders of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.
• Ezekiel 9:6Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, the mothers and children, but do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the old men who were in front of the temple.
• Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
• Matthew 27:1Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed.
• Acts 4:5The next day the rulers, the elders and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 19:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Go and get a potter's earthen bottle - This discourse was also delivered some time in the reign of Jehoiakim. Under the type of breaking a potter's earthen bottle or jug, Jeremiah shows his enemies that the word of the Lord should stand, that Jerusalem should be taken and sacked, and they all carried into captivity. Ancients of the priests - The chiefs of the twenty-four classes which David had established. See 1 Chronicles 24:4.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Get (i. e., purchase) a potter‘s earthen bottle - The “bottle” was a flask with a long neck, and took its name from the noise made by liquids in running out. The ancients - These “elders” were the regularly constituted representatives of the people (see Jeremiah 29:1; Numbers 11:16), and the organization lasted down to our Saviour‘s time Matthew 26:47. Similarly the priests had also their representatives 2 Kings 19:2. Accompanied thus by the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1By the type of breaking an earthen vessel, Jeremiah is to predict the destruction of Judah. Verses 1-9 The prophet must give notice of ruin coming upon Judah and Jerusalem. Both rulers and ruled must attend to it. That place which holiness made the joy of the whole earth, sin made the reproach and shame of the whole earth. There is no fleeing from God's justice, but by fleeing to his mercy.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15Jeremiah performed another parable (see Jeremiah 13:1–14) to show Judah's leaders that the Lord would completely destroy their idolatrous and violent nation.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-15Referred by Maurer, &c., to the beginning of Zedekiah's reign. 1. bottle--Hebrew, bakuk, so called from the gurgling sound which it makes when being emptied. ancients--elders. As witnesses of the symbolic action (Jr 19:10; Is 8:1, 2), that the Jews might not afterwards plead ignorance of the prophecy. The seventy-two elders, composing the Sanhedrim, or Great Council, were taken partly from "the priests," partly from the other tribes, that is, "the…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 19:1

• Bottle
• Instruction
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Ancient
• Bottle
• Cruse
• Harden
• Hissing
• Pottery
• Void
• Ancients
• Earthen Vessels
• Get; Getting

Commentaries on Jeremiah 19

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings