耶利米書 18:7-9 Rcuvts
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 18:7-8
At what instant , etc.; rather, One instant I may speak … but if that nation , against which 1 have spoken , turn from their evil , I repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them . A similar rendering for the next verse. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 18:7-10
God's action determined by man's conduct. These verses may be read as balancing those that precede. The illustration of the potter at his work shows us simply the Divine side of life. The following verses take us round to the human side, and the human conditions in accordance with which God exercises the rights and power of his absolute sovereignty. I. GOD DETERMINES HIS ACTION ACCORDING TO THE CONDUCT OF MAN . He does not act blindly, inconsiderately, on. general... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 18:8-12
A never-to-be-forgotten principle of interpretation. These verses plainly teach that all God's threatenings, even the most terrible, and all God's promises, even the most blessed, are conditional on the continuance of the moral character to which they were addressed . Now, this is— I. A CORDIAL AGAINST DESPAIR . When the convicted sinner—as the men of Nineveh—hear the awful denunciations of God's judgment, all hope seems to be forbidden. The Ninevites, to encourage themselves... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 18:7
At what instant - literally, “in a moment.” Here, “at one time - at another time.” read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 18:8
I will repent of the evil ... I will repent of the good - All God’s dealings with mankind are here declared to be conditional. God changeth not, all depends upon man’s conduct. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 18:7-8
Jeremiah 18:7-8. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, &c. God speaks thus concerning nations and kingdoms in his word, and by his prophets and ministers. Thus he told Jeremiah 1:10, that he had set him over the nations, to root out and pull down That is, to declare they should be rooted out and pulled down, or to make known the divine purposes concerning them. If that nation, against whom 1 have pronounced, turn, &c., I will repent, &c. Repentance in man... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 18:9-10
Jeremiah 18:9-10. If I shall speak concerning a nation to build and to plant That is, To advance and establish all the true interests of it; if it do evil in my sight, &c. If it lose its piety and virtue, and become profane and vicious; then will I repent of the good, &c. I will not proceed with the good work which I was performing in its behalf, but it shall be intermitted; and what favours were further designed it shall be withheld. Thus God changed his purpose concerning... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 18:1-23
Lessons from the potter (18:1-23)A potter can make a lump of clay into whatever shape he wants. He can also change the kind of vessel he is making, if he thinks that conditions require it (18:1-4). As a potter determines the kind of vessel he makes, so God determines the destinies of nations, and this is the lesson that the people of Judah must learn (5-6). He may announce judgments on a nation, but he may withdraw those judgments if the nation repents. On the other hand, he may promise... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 18:1-10
The clay in the potter's hand. I. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION . It is a practical illustration in the most suggestive sense of the word "practical." Jeremiah had not to go out of his way to produce a sufficiently impressive figure of what God was about to do. He had to go through a very peculiar and protracted experience to bring out the lesson of the marred girdle. But here he has only to go down to the potter at his wheel, a thing he could do at any time; and... read more