Jeremiah 18:11
in Jeremiah 18Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.
KJV
Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
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This verse in Jeremiah 18
Commentary
3 notes on this verse(Verse 11) Now therefore say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am devising evil against you and devising a plan against you. Return everyone from his evil way, and amend your ways and your deeds. The Lord fulfills the parable which He had taught by both His words and His appearance, and He says: Behold, I am devising evil against you, like a potter shaping clay.
This site's exposition
Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah
on Jeremiah 18:11-13
Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you opens with an offer, return ye now every one from his evil way, but the people close the door themselves, there is no hope, but we will walk after our own devices. Henry reads the despair as chosen rather than imposed, a people diagnosing their own case correctly and refusing the remedy anyway. Clarke reads the charge that the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing, a thing not found even among the heathen, as apostasy so unnatural that Israel's own defection outstrips the nations it was meant to instruct.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The word rendered “frame” is a present participle, and is the same which as a noun means “a potter.” God declares that He is as free to do what He will with the Jews as the potter is free to shape as he will the clay. Devise a device - “I am purposing a purpose.”
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
But they shall say, We despair I know that they will say to you regarding your words that they do not heed them.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
29 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּ֡ה | veatah | and therefore | H6258 → | 433 times |
| אֱמָר־ | ʾemor- | say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| נָ֣א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אִישׁ־ | ʾish- | everyone of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| יְהוּדָה֩ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י | yoshevei | [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| לֵאמֹ֗ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| כֹּ֚ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הִנֵּ֨ה | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| אָנֹכִ֜י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| יוֹצֵ֤ר | yotzer | [am] about to fashion | H3335 → | 62 times |
| עֲלֵיכֶם֙ | ʾaleikhem | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| רָעָ֔ה | raah | calamity | H7451 → | 662 times |
| וְחֹשֵׁ֥ב | vechoshev | and [am] about to plan | H2803 → | 124 times |
| עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם | ʾaleikhem | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מַֽחֲשָׁבָ֑ה | machashavah | a plan | H4284 → | 56 times |
| שׁ֣וּבוּ | shuvu | turn back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| נָ֗א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| אִ֚ישׁ | ʾish | everyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹ | midarko | from way his | H1870 → | 707 times |
| הָֽרָעָ֔ה | haraah | <the> wicked | H7451 → | 662 times |
| וְהֵיטִ֥יבוּ | veheitivu | and make good | H3190 → | 117 times |
| דַרְכֵיכֶ֖ם | darkheikhem | ways your | H1870 → | 707 times |
| וּמַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃ | umaaleikhem | and deeds your | H4611 → | 41 times |
וְעַתָּ֡הand therefore
veatahH6258 →433 times
אֱמָר־say
ʾemor-H559 →5305 times
נָ֣אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אִישׁ־everyone of
ʾish-H376 →1663 times
יְהוּדָה֩Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וְעַל־and to
veal-H5921 →5755 times
יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י[the] inhabitants of
yosheveiH3427 →1079 times
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
לֵאמֹ֗ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
כֹּ֚הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
הִנֵּ֨הhere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
אָנֹכִ֜יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
יוֹצֵ֤ר[am] about to fashion
yotzerH3335 →62 times
עֲלֵיכֶם֙on you
ʾaleikhemH5921 →5755 times
רָעָ֔הcalamity
raahH7451 →662 times
וְחֹשֵׁ֥בand [am] about to plan
vechoshevH2803 →124 times
עֲלֵיכֶ֖םon you
ʾaleikhemH5921 →5755 times
מַֽחֲשָׁבָ֑הa plan
machashavahH4284 →56 times
שׁ֣וּבוּturn back
shuvuH7725 →1056 times
נָ֗אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
אִ֚ישׁeveryone
ʾishH376 →1663 times
מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹfrom way his
midarkoH1870 →707 times
הָֽרָעָ֔ה<the> wicked
haraahH7451 →662 times
וְהֵיטִ֥יבוּand make good
veheitivuH3190 →117 times
דַרְכֵיכֶ֖םways your
darkheikhemH1870 →707 times
וּמַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃and deeds your
umaaleikhemH4611 →41 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 7:3Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 26:13
So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.
- Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- Jeremiah 26:13
Through
Jeremiah 35:15Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 25:5–6
The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and…
- Ezekiel 18:30–32
Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
- Jeremiah 7:3–7
Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
- Hosea 14:1–4
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
- Jeremiah 25:5–6
Through
2 Kings 17:13Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 9:9
(Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
- Jeremiah 35:15
Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve…
- 1 Samuel 9:9
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.