Jeremiah 18:9-10

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 18:1-10

The prophet is here sent to the potter's house (he knew where to find it), not to preach a sermon as before to the gates of Jerusalem, but to prepare a sermon, or rather to receive it ready prepared. Those needed not to study their sermons that had them, as he had this, by immediate inspiration. ?Go to the potter's house, and observe how he manages his work, and there I will cause thee, by silent whispers, to hear my words. There thou shalt receive a message, to be delivered to the people.?... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 18:9

And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom ,.... By way of promise on the other hand: or, "and the moment I shall speak", &c.; as in Jeremiah 18:7 ; in favour to a people; signifying, that if they do that which is right and good, and continue therein, it may be expected that I will appear for and among such a nation and kingdom: to build and to plant it ; to build up its fences that have been broken down, and to plant it with pleasant... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 18:10

If it do evil in my sight ,.... What is sinful, contrary to the law and will of God, openly and publicly, in a bold and daring manner: that it obey not my voice : in my word, and by my prophets, but turn a deaf ear to them, and slight and despise all instructions, admonitions, and reproofs: then I will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit them ; or, "do them good" F20 להיטיב אותו "ad benefaciendum ei", Montanus; "ut benefacerem ei", Valablus, Pagninus;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:7-10

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, etc. - If that nation, against whom, etc. - And at what instant, etc. - If it do evil, etc. - These verses contain what may be called God's decree by which the whole of his conduct towards man is regulated. If he purpose destruction against an offending person, if that person repent and turn to God, he shall live and not die. If he purpose peace and salvation to him that walketh uprightly, if he turn from God to the world and sin, he shall... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:9

Verse 9 On the other hand, he affirms, that the lost are restored, when the Lord speaks suddenly, of a nation and of a kingdom, to build and to plant; as though it was said, — “I will not only forgive, but I am ready to bestow blessings on those whom I had previously rejected as mine enemies.” Then God amplifies his goodness when he says, that he will not only forgive the sins of men, so as freely to pardon them, but that he is ready to bestow on them all kinds of blessings, if they seek to be... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:10

Verse 10 Now follows the opposite clause, But if it will do evil before mine eyes, so as not to hear my voice; that is, when a nation has been planted through my kindness, (for this is required by the context,) then I will repent, etc. By this denunciation is meant, that God would tread in the dust those whom he had favored with singular benefits, on account of the abuse made of them; although he had said, “When I promise bountifully and freely to a nation or a kingdom everything that can be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 18:1-10

The potter and the clay. The revelations of God are often given in unlikely places, and common circumstances and scenes may symbolize the divinest mysteries. The profoundest things in God's universe are side by side with the simplest. If the mind be open and the spirit susceptible we shall see God in everything. Is there not a fitness in this ancient handicraft of the potter becoming the symbol of the eternal action of God? The potter's clay suggests— I. THE INFLUENCE OF GOD ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 18:1-10

The blessed parable of the potter and the clay. Few passages of Scripture have been more misread or with sadder results than this one. From St. Paul s reference to it in Romans 9:1-33 it has been thought that it taught the absolute sovereignty of God, his right to dispose of men as he pleases; that, in the exercise of that sovereignty, he makes some vessels unto destruction, and that the vessels so made have no ground of complaint whatsoever. Now, we affirm that, whilst there is much... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 18:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 18:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 18:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:7-10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 18:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 18:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 18:1-10

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