Jérémie 18:7, Jérémie 18:9 BDS

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

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

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 18:7

to pluck up = to declare that it should be plucked up. Hebrew idiom. Compare Jeremiah 1:10 . pull down. Some codices, with two early printed editions and Syriac, read "tear away". Compare Jeremiah 1:10 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 18:7

7. At what instant—in a moment, when the nation least expects it. Hereby he reminds the Jews how marvellously God had delivered them from their original degradation, that is, In one and the same day ye were the most wretched, and then the most favored of all people [CALVIN]. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 18:1-12

The lesson of the potter’s vessel 18:1-12There are indications in this message that God might yet avert judgment (Jeremiah 18:7-8; Jeremiah 18:11), so Jeremiah evidently delivered it sometime before the Babylonians invaded Judah. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 18:7-8

The Lord might purpose to destroy Judah, but if the people changed by repenting, He could change His mind concerning how He would deal with them. The Lord has done this with countless individuals throughout history when they turned to Him in faith (e.g., Ruth, Simon Peter, Saul of Tarsus, et al.). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:1-18

Jeremiah’s Eleventh Prophecy (Reign of Jehoiakim). Prophecies Illustrated from the Work of the PotterJeremiah 18 gives and explains the figure of the potter’s clay, and tells of the effect upon the people. Jeremiah 19 gives and applies the figure of the potter’s broken vessel, while Jeremiah 20 describes the consequent sufferings of Jeremiah and his complaints.The outrage on the prophet committed by Pashur (Jeremiah 20:2) would certainly not have been permitted in Josiah’s time. On the other... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:1-23

1-17. Figure of the potter’s clay.3. The potter’s house] Clay from which pottery was made was found S. of Jerusalem: cp. Zechariah 11:13; Matthew 27:10. The potter teaches Jeremiah important lessons concerning the providential rule of the world. ’As I watched him shaping the pliant clay, remodelling the imperfect vessels until they conformed to his ideal, God revealed to me the manner in which He is able to mould at His will the nations. At the same time I realised that man may render God’s... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 18:7-10

(7-10) At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation . . .—The words carry the thoughts of the prophet back to those which had been stamped indelibly on his memory when he was first called to his work (Jeremiah 1:10). He is now taught that that work was throughout conditional. In bold anthropomorphic speech Jehovah represents himself as changing His purpose, even suddenly, “in an instant,” if the nation that is affected by it passes from evil to good or from good to evil. The seeming change... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 18:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 18:7-8

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 18:1-23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 18:7

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 18:7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 18:1-12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 18:7-8

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:1-18

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:1-23

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 18:7-10

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