Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 18:1-4
Jeremiah 18:1-4. The word which came to Jeremiah, &c. We have here the beginning of a new discourse of Jeremiah, which, if introduced in its proper place, as we have reason to think it is, was probably also, as well as the foregoing, delivered in some part of the first three years of Jehoiakim’s reign. Arise, and go down to the potter’s house Some well-known place where pots were made; and there I will cause thee to hear my words I will further reveal my mind to thee, that thou... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 18:1
In the first prophecy of the series Jeremiah 18:0, the fate of Jerusalem was still undetermined; a long line of kings might yet reign there in splendor, and the city be inhabited forever. This was possible only so long as it was still undecided whether Josiah’s efforts would end in a national reformation or not, and before Jehoiakim threw the weight of the kingly office into the opposite balance. In the present prophecy mercy is still offered to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, but they reject it... read more