Jeremiah 18:13 NIV

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Jeremiah 18:1-23

The Divine Potter Jer 18:6 What did the potter do? "I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred [spoiled] in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it." He did not consult the clay; he acted upon his own judgment, he carried out his own will. "Whilst I was looking on the word of heaven came swiftly to my soul, and said, Cannot I the Lord do with you, O... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jeremiah 18:13-17

What a striking expostulation is in the opening of these verses? The Lord sends his people to ask of the heathen, among whom it was never known, of such apostasy from their dunghill gods, as Israel manifested in backsliding from the true God. In hot sultry climates, how grateful is the cold flowing water to the traveller? And was it ever known to be rejected? Whereas Israel revolted continually from the Lord. Reader! let us not confine this subject to Israel of old: but pause and enquire... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 18:13

Virgin. The disorders of Israel are thus enhanced. (Calmet) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:11-17

11-17 Sinners call it liberty to live at large; whereas for a man to be a slave to his lusts, is the very worst slavery. They forsook God for idols. When men are parched with heat, and meet with cooling, refreshing streams, they use them. In these things men will not leave a certainty for an uncertainty; but Israel left the ancient paths appointed by the Divine law. They walked not in the highway, in which they might travel safely, but in a way in which they must stumble: such was the way of... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jeremiah 18:11-23

The Parable Further Applied v. 11. Now, therefore, go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, in announcing the intention of the Lord on the basis of the nation's behavior, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I frame evil against you, shaping it as the potter shapes the clay on his wheel, and devise a device against you, a plan to work destruction; return ye now, every one, from his evil way and make your ways and your doings good, so that all their doings would... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Jeremiah 18:11-17

2. THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PARABLE IN THE POSITIVE SENSEJeremiah 18:11-1711 And now speak indeed4 to the men of Judah,And to5 the inhabitants [citizens] of Jerusalem, saying,Thus saith Jehovah: Behold!I frame evil against you, and think thoughts against you:Turn ye now, each from his evil way,And reform your ways and your works.12 But they will say: No use!6 but our thoughts we will follow,And will practise, each according to the obstinacy7 of his wicked heart.13 Therefore thus... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 18:1-23

We now come to the second series of messages before the fall of Jerusalem (18-20), which consists of declarations of God's absolute supremacy. In preparation for this, Jeremiah was sent to the house of the potter. There he saw him at work on the wheels. Power was manifest in his manipulation of the clay, and pity in his remaking of the marred vessel. The explanation was given to him by Jehovah Himself. The house of Israel was as clay in Jehovah's hand. All His will must be accomplished, and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:1-23

Subsection 6). Lessons From The Potter and The Subsequent Persecution Of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 18:1 to Jeremiah 20:18 ). This subsection commences with the usual kind of formula, ‘The word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH --’ (Jeremiah 18:1). Chapters 18-19 then contain two oracles from God illustrated in terms of the Potter and his handiwork, which bring out on the one hand God’s willingness to offer mercy, and on the other the judgment that is about to come on Judah because of their... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:11-17

Because Of Their Refusal To Respond To His ‘Shaping’ He Will Now ‘Shape’ Evil Against Them Unless They Now Repent. His Offer Being Turned Down God Calls On The Nations To Be Astonished Witnesses Of Their Perfidy, Something Which Will Result In Their Destruction (Jeremiah 18:11-17 ). The lesson of the Potter’s house was that YHWH had given His people every hope for the future if only they would but repent. But in view of the fact that they refuse to do so He now declares that He will apply His... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:1-23

Jeremiah 18:1-Isaiah : . The Potter and the Clay.— The potter ( Jeremiah 18:1-Numbers :) moulding his clay on the upper stone, which he makes revolve by his feet resting on the connected lower stone, is compared with Yahweh in His control of Israel ( Jeremiah 18:5-2 Kings :). The point of the comparison, as worked out in Jeremiah 18:7 ff ., is not predestination (contrast Romans 9-11), but the conditionality of Yahweh’ s treatment of a nation, according as it turns to good or to evil ( cf.... read more

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Jeremiah 18:1-23

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jeremiah 18:13-17

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 18:13

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:11-17

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jeremiah 18:11-23

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Jeremiah 18:11-17

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 18:1-23

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:1-23

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:11-17

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:1-23

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