Jeremiah 19:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-9

The corruption of man having made it necessary that precept should be upon precept, and line upon line (so unapt are we to receive, and so very apt to let slip, the things of God), the grace of God has provided that there shall be, accordingly, precept upon precept, and line upon line, that those who are irreclaimable may be inexcusable. For this reason the prophet is here sent with a message to the same purport with what he had often delivered, but with some circumstances that might make it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 19:3

And say, hear ye the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah ,.... The king and his queen; or the king and his sons; or the king and his princes, and nobles; for there was but one king reigning at a time in Judah, and the present king was Zedekiah; see Jeremiah 21:1 ; and inhabitants of Jerusalem ; the elders of which, and of the priests, were now before him; to whom he said the following things, that they might tell them to the persons mentioned: thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 19:3

Verse 3 He now adds, Hear ye the word of Jehovah. This is a confirmation of the former sentence. We hence see why it was said, Cry, or, with a clear voice proclaim, what I shall say to thee; it was, that they might know that he spake not according to his own ideas as a man, but that he was a celestial herald to proclaim what God commanded. Hear, he says, ye kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. We see how the Prophet did not spare even kings, according to what God had before commanded... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-11

The breaking of the potter's vessel. Another symbolic action, but in this case the revelation to the mind of the prophet was not dependent upon its being performed. It is because of the public significance of it he is enjoined to perform it. The "elders of the priests" and the "elders of the people" are invited to the scene. I. THE SYMBOL . This was a "potter's earthen bottle [or ' vessel ']," and thus had to be carefully distinguished from the "clay" spoken of in Jeremiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-13

The broken bottle. That was a strange scene—the royal family, the nobles, the chief priests, together with the populace of Jerusalem, gathered, at the summons of a prophet whose power could not be ignored though his teaching was opposed, in the valley of Hinnom, now reeking with the odors of foul crime; and the prophet facing them, alone and fearless, with a common potter's vessel in his hand, while he draws a most awful picture of impending calamity, and sternly charges his audience with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-13

The breaking of the potter's vessel. I. THE PRELIMINARIES OF THE BREAKING . Spectators of the proper sort needed to be deliberately gathered together in the proper place. We may suppose that the elders of the people and of the priests were peculiarly responsible for all that concerned the safety of the city. This symbolic action was best performed before the select responsible few. As they went forth with the prophet they had time to ask themselves what the meaning of this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-15

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 19:1-15

Denunciations of doom. This chapter is filled with these awful warnings of the prophet. And they are made the more awful by the reflection that, fitted as they were to rouse the most careless and hardened, yet they failed with those to whom they were addressed. And so this sad chapter teaches us such lessons as these: 1. The earnest purpose of God to save man from his sin . Hence these warnings. 2. The awfully hardening power of the sin which could despise them . 3. What... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.