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;
• New International Version (NIV)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
• 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.

Context of Jeremiah 19:1

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. 2Go out through the Gate of Broken Pots to the garbage dump in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and give them this message. 3Say to them, ‘Listen to this message from the Lord, you kings of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem! This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will bring a terrible disaster on this place, and the ears of those who hear about it will ring!

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“As these men watch you, Jeremiah, smash the jar you brought.
• Jeremiah 18:2“Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you there.”
• Jeremiah 32:14“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Take both this sealed deed and the unsealed copy, and put them into a pottery jar to preserve them for a long time.’
• Isaiah 30:14You will be smashed like a piece of pottery— shattered so completely that there won’t be a piece big enough to carry coals from a fireplace or a little water from the well.”
• Lamentations 4:2See how the precious children of Jerusalem, worth their weight in fine gold, are now treated like pots of clay made by a common potter.
• 2 Corinthians 4:7We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.
• Jeremiah 26:17Then some of the wise old men stood and spoke to all the people assembled there.
• Numbers 11:16Then the Lord said to Moses, “Gather before me seventy men who are recognized as elders and leaders of Israel. Bring them to the Tabernacle to stand there with you.
• 1 Chronicles 24:4Eleazar’s descendants were divided into sixteen groups and Ithamar’s into eight, for there were more family leaders among the descendants of Eleazar.
• Ezekiel 8:11Seventy leaders of Israel were standing there with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan in the center. Each of them held an incense burner, from which a cloud of incense rose above their heads.
• Ezekiel 9:6Kill them all—old and young, girls and women and little children. But do not touch anyone with the mark. Begin right here at the Temple.” So they began by killing the seventy leaders.
• Matthew 26:3At that same time the leading priests and elders were meeting at the residence of Caiaphas, the high priest,
• Matthew 27:1Very early in the morning the leading priests and the elders of the people met again to lay plans for putting Jesus to death.
• Acts 4:5The next day the council of all the rulers and elders and teachers of religious 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