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Jeremiah 18:2
2“Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you there.”
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
1The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, “Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you there.” 3So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel. 4But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over.
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 a linen loincloth and put it on, but do not wash it.”
- Jeremiah 19:1This 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.
- Isaiah 20:2the Lord told Isaiah son of Amoz, “Take off the burlap you have been wearing, and remove your sandals.” Isaiah did as he was told and walked around naked and barefoot.
- Ezekiel 4:1“And now, son of man, take a large clay brick and set it down in front of you. Then draw a map of the city of Jerusalem on it.
- Ezekiel 5:1“Son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a razor to shave your head and beard. Use a scale to weigh the hair into three equal parts.
- Amos 7:7Then he showed me another vision. I saw the Lord standing beside a wall that had been built using a plumb line. He was using a plumb line to see if it was still straight.
- Hebrews 1:1Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets.
- Jeremiah 23:22If they had stood before me and listened to me, they would have spoken my words, and they would have turned my people from their evil ways and deeds.
- Acts 9:6Now 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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